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by cylinder 2157 days ago
Americans are just race obsessed. There's basically no argument in the national discourse about race being a human construct with no basis in science.
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I'm not sure we should dismiss race because it has "no basis in science" - this is a very high bar; It means we shouldn't reply on it for specific, technical things, but as a lay-term there's no need to dismiss it.

It's also clear that the soft science are as yet in their infancy (or teens), so that we can't find a basis now doesn't mean we can't find one in the future; I mention this b/c it's clear to me the concept of "race" needn't be about genetics.