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It's easily to verify that there are different definitions of the word race.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(biology)

I don't think this conversation has much hope of continuing in a productive direction so I'm going to call it a day



I am not saying there are not different definitions of race. I am saying that there is an overwhelming homogeneity in the definition of race that has and does structure modern social relations, and that it is simply unhelpful to use race in a highly atypical way to study biological populations. See, for example:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-is-a-social-...




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