Re: BELL CURVE CRITIC EXPOSED?

S. LaBonne (labonnes@csc.albany.edu)
16 Feb 1995 18:04:53 GMT

In article <1995Feb15.213553.1@ucsvax>,
Is it weird in here, or is it just me? <jdwren@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu> wrote:

> Genes are real. Genetic pools exist. Evolution did and does occur.
>Differences do exist between the races. Their importance, relevance and extent
>are all up for debate.

_Populations_ are real, but their boundaries are exceedingly fuzzy.
Their division into "races" is highly arbitrary. (If you don't think
so, try to make a comprehensive list of the "races", then go to the
library and look up all the other lists that have been compiled over
the years.)

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