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Originally posted by Vespertine
But you guys (Ari and Goosey, though Goosey is just a troll anyways so w/e) are looking at it the opposite way around We see a difference between Asian and Caucasian people not because they are distinct groups biologically, but because we have come to perceive certain groupings of physical traits as a particular race
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And Asians have similar physical traits because? It's just random? No... there are some biological differences there and they are usually grouped together in "populations" not randomly spread across the world. You wouldn't see a "black" or "Asian" "Englishman" in the 17th century, not one... biological differences cause those particular physical traits.
It's not just "ethnic groups", "ethnic" refers to culture. We are talking physical differences.
If someone says "race" they aren't referring to a separate species like dachshunds versus pitbulls, they are using it to refer to these differences I just mentioned.
Race doesn't exist? Then what's an "Asian"? What's an "African-American"? Guess they don't exist!