Re: Races of Man

[Gordon Holmes <lafleur@home.com>]

I Still maintian there is only one race..Human! ... Regards..Gordon

Jean Stokes wrote:
> 
> Privateers, in a world where we are still trying to work through the
> nightmare of the Holocaust, Bosnia, Ruanda, Tibet and various other
> bits of "racial cleansing" why do you need to bring this kind of
> message into a network of people who are connected by thin lines of
> blood and a strong common interest?  We have a connection that could
> work for peace not disharmony!!
> 
> At 02:26 PM 23/05/00 +0100, you wrote:
> 
> > I'm quite surprised to find out that the Caucasian people of India
> > and Pakistan have become Black!
> >
> > There are only 5 races of man.
> >
> > Johann Frederich Blumenbach, a German anthropologist studied skulls
> > and broke all of mankind down into the five races.
> >
> > Caucasian - which covers Europe, Middle East, North Africa and their
> > descendants elsewhere
> > East Asians - the largest race of man, including Native American
> > Mongoloids - Chinese, Japanese, Koreans - the term means "like
> > Mongols"
> > Micronesians - laying between the Asiatics or Mongoloid people and
> > Melanesians
> > Negro - those originating from south of the Sahara
> >
> > Over the centuries there has been a lot of in-breeding.  Indigenous
> > populations such as the Aborigines of Australia, although they are
> > dark skinned, are not related to the Negroids.  They are usually
> > qualified as a sub-race of the Caucasian family similar to the Vedda
> > of Sri Lanka.  In strict scientific terms "race" refers to the
> > genetic composition of a population.  Many individuals can be
> > classified as belonging to more than one race due to intermarriage.
> >
> >
> > Racial characteristics are biological.  Ethnicity brings divergent
> > languages and cultures.  It is taught rather than inherited. Racial,
> > linguistic and cultural origins are independent of one another.
> > Racial concepts are often misapplied.  There is no difference in
> > race in inherit intelligence or mental capacity that cannot be
> > explained by environment.
> >
> > As Ever,
> >
> > Sinclair
> >
> > P.S. Sometimes one race will act as if it is superior to another.
> > Only in the case of Scots is this true- we are clearly superior to
> > everyone.  Those of us Scots or of Scots descent have known this for
> > centuries.  The rest of the world has simply been failed to be
> > informed of this.  While not actually a race of man, we are a unique
> > breed of man.  It is probably the result of good whisky :p
> >
> >
> >
> 
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