March 1, 2010
The Universal Definition Of White Is Based More On Phenotype Than Genetics?
After all among Americans who call themselves White, over 30% of them are genetically mixed with some distant Black and or Amerindian ancestry. And than ofcourse there are millions of people in Latin America who call themselves White that are geneticaly mixed with some distant Black and or Amerindian ancestry.
And I even heard that a sizeable percentage of Australians who call themselves White, have some distant Aboriginal ancestry.
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Comments on The Universal Definition Of White Is Based More On Phenotype Than Genetics?
There is only one race – the human race. Racial science is outdated and nowadays race is just a social construct. Now, because it is a social construct who is labelled a “black” or “white” differs from society to society with some societies not categorizing themselves that way at all.
So in short yes – it is based on phenotype but this is not some universal thing. It depends from country to country.
its based on snow man