Segregation Returns to US Schools

[The Lurker Below]

There is no difference when there is a level playing field, I won't deny that

Just remember this when other instincts consider jumping in the way.

That there are certainly negative traits to certain communities, I'm quickly on board with you brother. Just remember that it is not as simple as where the community came from and you're golden.

[Fragony]

Just remember this when other instincts consider jumping in the way.

That there are certainly negative traits to certain communities, I'm quickly on board with you brother. Just remember that it is not as simple as where the community came from and you're golden.

Aren't certain instintcs a bit on on the side I kinda have a problem witb. The problem is political correctness. No discussion can be held within the very narrow margins that have been set. You can't have a discussion if it's confined. That should be a principle.

[Viking]

Presenting the topic of 'human races' as something black and white does it a great disservice, methinks.

I suggest that human genetics is like a mulitidimensional spectrum. If I go from Norway to Italy, I'll find that the average hair colour and eye colour is darker. Facial features are probably also slightly different. Perhaps even a slight change in average genetically induced pigmentation. Different races? Hardly. Many ethnic Norwegians could probably pass as ethnic Italians (if they'd been living under the Italian sun for some time) and vice versa.

Travelling even further south, to Libya; where Arabs live. Now the average hair and eye colours are even darker. Average pigmentation has also changed. Very few (if any at all) ethnic Norwegians could pass as ethnic Arab Libyans, and vice versa. Different races? Certainly starting to make a lot of sense now.

Move even further south and...you get the idea.

I think the concept of race - ironically, given the local obsession that can sometimes be found here - makes even less sense in the US, given the great mixing of different ethnicities that has taken place there. 'white' is no race, neither is 'black' - it's just skin colour and does not indicate whether the rest of the DNA is shared or not.