Originally posted by jaden_2.0
The cognitive dissonance required by the UK right wing press to print anti-islamic headlines for the last 17+ years and then complain about islamophobia and far right "seeping" into the mainstream.Bonkers, mate.
I honestly don't disagree. The Telegraph is takingna bit of a stand on it at the moment, which I applaud.
Originally posted by BrolyBlackThe Telegraph is a strange paper; it's like the Guardian of the right. For its direction, it can be too progressive, but sometimes it gets it right. It's certainly no Daily Mail or Breitbart.
I remember when I would post the telegraph, and it would be discounted as alt right. Oh my how the times have changed, PB is doing it too now.
"Racism is not genetic" is also false. A sweeping dismissal of the statement is also not academically sound.
Babies start to show "likeness affiliation/preference" at very young ages.[1] This is definitely racist. It is far more innocent than the right wing racism we see. It is a self-preservation that has roots directly in tribal preservation and our violent human evolution.[2]
What does this all mean? It means, for example, white babies show a preference for white people. And this comes from self-preservation evolution, not racism. [3]
In early human history, tribal warfare was common enough that it shaped our evolution. Humans are incredibly altruistic but also incredibly violent. [4]
[1]https://nypost.com/2017/04/13/your-baby-is-a-little-bit-racist-science-says/
[2]https://www.livescience.com/640-peace-war-early-humans-behaved.html
Things like the species genocide of other Hominids are not racism. A scientific underpinning for racism is laughable though. You are arguing something different. Phenotypical preference exists, however, it is something that may well cross racial boundaries and certainly has a strong non genetic component.
As for race as anything but a phenotype...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-genetics-science-africa/
There’s No Scientific Basis for Race—It's a Made-Up Label.
And any credible geneticist will tell you the same.
The genome project hammered the point home btw.
when scientists set out to assemble the first complete human genome, which was a composite of several individuals, they deliberately gathered samples from people who self-identified as members of different races. In June 2000, when the results were announced at a White House ceremony, Craig Venter, a pioneer of DNA sequencing, observed, “The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis.â€