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Lorenzo Warby's avatar

Excellent paper. White and Black are nonsense categories anyway. Descendants of American slaves, Afro-Caribbeans and recent African immigrants are three very distinct groups. Euro-Americans are also highly diverse. Melanin content of skin is not a useful sorting category except for things such as vitamin D deficiency risks.

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Frederick R Prete's avatar

Great essay. Thank you... interestingly, I don't think the colloquial racial categories used by academics make much sense, anymore (if they ever did). I made this point in a recent post: "When ‘Black’ & ‘Hispanic’ Students Outscore ‘Asian’ & ‘White’ Students on the ACT, Nobody Notices."

https://everythingisbiology.substack.com/p/when-black-and-hispanic-students

I don't think anyone is really interested in diversity, anymore. It's about status...

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