re: #148 Solomon2

Are you sure? Suppose I am a personnel officer in the State Dept. If I assign White Boy to, say, Burkina Faso he could come down with malaria in a few months, whereas if I assign an African-American with SCA he’ll almost certainly stay healthy for the duration of his tour. But don’t State Dept. policies forbid this sort of racial choice, even if it has a sound physiological basis to it?

My skin color and general lack of melanin would make my survival in such an environment difficult, as I am not physically well-adapted to prolonged exposure to direct sunlight. It’s not racist to say this.

Your example of Sickle-Cell Anemia is a massive rhetorical stretch, to put it mildly. We have cheap and effective anti-malarial medications.

Now, if we could back up a moment, would you care to justify your statement up above that “Differences between peoples - how they think, personal inclinations, physical prowess, inclination to intellectual achievement, acceptable social conduct - do exist.” ?

Note that you used the plural, “peoples”, indicating that you believe there to be significant differences in intellectual capacity between groups. There is NO evidence for this claim, and it’s not for a lack of effort on the part of racists over the past hundred years or so to find evidence.