POLITICS Origins of Racism, Sexism, Other “isms”?

Or not slutty enough

 

Causation or correlation?

 

I can see that. I think the more compact the density of a population, the more that one would need to promote monogamy. I know I would not want to share my wife with any of you yahoos.

 

Egyptians had several races. Today's Egyptians are Arab, greek, and semite. Ancient Egyptians were none of those, but was a multiracial society. As depicted in their hieroglyphics.

 

We are moving further and further away from that stuff mattering. It's like in Seinfeld where Banya asks Jerry, "Do you lift weights? Well, you should."

Jerry asks, "Why?" and Banya just looks at him, dumbfounded. Being physically superior wouldn't help Jerry as a comedian and it really isn't a big deal for much of anything these days, beyond perhaps attracting a decent mate, but even that is regularly overcome with other types of success.

 

Are there inherent differences between races, and if so, must they each be equally good / bad / useful / helpful?

 

Can't say for sure, but I think there is some kind of relationship. It put them on even footing with men romantically, at minimum, which meant they could get laid but not end up keeping house. Frees up professional opportunities.

 

Yes, but not really enough for one to say he couldn't make it simply because of his black/white/whatever genes.

 

The differences are so minor as to not matter. We all have the same gene that promotes dark skin, but the people that live in the norther/southern latitudes have that gene retarded so that we can get better exposure to the sun (that is one hypothesis, anyway).

We all come from east Africa, and all share the same genetics. The term 'race' is really a misnomer and an albatross that holds us back, imho.

 

You make the case for sexism being a good thing ...LOL...short lifespans, bad food, poor hygiene etc. ...there is probably more sex since everyone is naked and otherwise bored once the meals have been consumed...but overall a pretty crappy existence compared to the average 'merican.

 

What are the most glaring differences between races, or men and women?

 

You’re saying that we are all exactly the same, save minor and evolutionary necessities, such as darker / lighter skin?

 

Whatever differences beyond obvious phenotypes are well within the variances inside any "race." Sex is biological. "Race" is a human construct for categorization.

The stereotypical features that tend to anchor racial identities, such as skin tone, tend to have evolutionary explanations that indicate they are favorable foe the specific environment in which they became dominant. All the same, spontaneous skin tone mutations have been documented more than once in the last 2 decades, particularly with Africans having white (not albino, white-white) children. Confirmed to be legitimate by dna tests. Occurred with a couple in England recently.

 

The level sameness between you and every other white person is not always greater than the level of sameness between you and every other person of another race.

 

Then there is Sex and the City...do we really want our daughters living such banal and vulgar lives? I know its just a TV show.

 

Not saying it is good, but ya I do think it developed and ultimately is how we ended up with the current family unit.

 

I believe in freedom and liberty for individuals to make their own choices.

 

So is IQ just based on cultural differences or is there something to the different races having different averages...BTW the person with the highest IQ in my graduating class is African American. Poor guy was never going to reach his full potential not because fo race but because his family were J.W. He had an equally brilliant cousin with whom I had many a theological debate when I interned back in SC over the summers. Guy was a welder on an assembly line who was pursuing a career in ministry.

 

I was making a bit of a joke.

 

Sure but I want my daughter to have a nice life, be married for life and avoid the drama and high cost of such low living.