@beowulf saidNope. https://www.popsci.com/story/science/dna-tests-myth-ancestry-race/
@no1marauder
So a DNA sample will never say what "race" the DNA comes from?
Nevermind...it can't.
It can tell gender though 😉
" And while companies like 23&Me, AncestryDNA, and MyHeritage claim to be able to tell your “ethnicity”—a word they know many people will read as a synonym for “race”—none of them explicitly offer to tell consumers their racial make-up. There’s one simple reason for that: The science just doesn’t exist."
" Characteristics like skin color, hair texture, and eye shape are controlled by thousands of different genes—separate from the ones scientists look at when composing an ancestry profile. As a result, someone with a high estimate of West African ancestry might not look or even identify as black. Similarly, an individual whose tests come back with a very low estimate of West African ancestry might actually be black.
That’s why geneticists haven’t devised a test that can conclusively determine a person’s race. And in a way, it’s impossible. Race is about how we identify and are identified; it’s more than a question of appearance—it’s a question of culture, history, geography, and family. It can’t be boiled down to genetics and percentages.
“It’s fundamentally flawed to think that a genetic test can figure out race,” says Sarah Tishkoff, a professor of genetics and biology at the University of Pennsylvania. “The biggest issue is distinguishing between ancestry and race. Race is a socially constructed concept. How someone self-identifies in terms of their ethnicity or race may be different than what their genetic ancestry tells us.”
18 Jul 22
@no1marauder
Be honest.
If ten people provided DNA and 9 were white and one black.
Could the DNA technician point out the black DNA sample?
Be honest.
18 Jul 22
@beowulf saidNo, it isn't. From the World Health Organization:
... which is gender.
"Sex refers to “the different biological and physiological characteristics of males and females, such as reproductive organs, chromosomes, hormones, etc.”
Gender refers to "the socially constructed characteristics of women and men – such as norms, roles and relationships of and between groups of women and men. It varies from society to society and can be changed."
https://www.coe.int/en/web/gender-matters/sex-and-gender#:~:text=Sex%20refers%20to%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20different,groups%20of%20women%20and%20men.
18 Jul 22
@no1marauder saidOK.
No, it isn't. From the World Health Organization:
"Sex refers to “the different biological and physiological characteristics of males and females, such as reproductive organs, chromosomes, hormones, etc.”
Gender refers to "the socially constructed characteristics of women and men – such as norms, roles and relationships of and between groups of women and men. It var ...[text shortened]... sex-and-gender#:~:text=Sex%20refers%20to%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20different,groups%20of%20women%20and%20men.
Lia Thomas has the sex of male even though he says he is a female.
Would that be accurate?
18 Jul 22
@beowulf saidWhat is "white"?
@no1marauder
Be honest.
If ten people provided DNA and 9 were white and one black.
Could the DNA technician point out the black DNA sample?
Be honest.
What is "black"?
Just skin color?
18 Jul 22
@beowulf saidAnswer the question.
@no1marauder
Be honest.
If ten people provided DNA and 9 were white and one black.
Could the DNA technician point out the black DNA sample?
Be honest.
@no1marauder saidI don't think blacks like it whenever you say they don't exist.
What is "white"?
What is "black"?
Just skin color?
I'd appreciate it if you were less Racist.
18 Jul 22
@beowulf saidWe know who the racist is here.
I don't think blacks like it whenever you say they don't exist.
I'd appreciate it if you were less Racist.
"Black" exists as a fluid social construct just as "white" does.
The idea that one is innately superior and/or inferior to another is what racism is all about.
18 Jul 22
@beowulf saidThis is really quite simple. Any ten yr old can understand it. A cadaver has a sex but not a gender. You can’t tell by looking at a cadaver whether the person was gay or straight when alive. Just as you can’t tell by looking at a cadaver whether the person was a Texan or a misogynist or an atheist or a politician. These are all social constructs, but that does mean they do not exist.
According to our leftist democrat friends (Shav, Kev, Zahloony, etc etc ) gender is a social construct and doesn't actually exist.
So by default, Misogyny can't exist.
Thanks guys! 😉