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Old 2009-08-12, 00:47   Link #45
Charuru
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Originally Posted by Irenicus View Post
It's a popularized* version of a rather outdated anthropological racial concept. Anthropologists now allege that human populations are actually not so neatly divided genetically as to classify them so simply, among other things. It doesn't help that this taxonomy has been associated with the racist undertones of late 19th century social sciences which made modern academics awfully reluctant to rely on it.
These are racists terms used by racists. No anthropologists uses these terms. Using them in discussion is purely offensive.

And Same/Own Race is a complete copout lol.
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