b wrote:
>> From a scientific point of view, the human race is one of the most
>> homogenous on the planet.
>
> I was talking about applying to the notion of raciation applied to
> humans. Humans are a species, not a race.
>
> The concept of race is based on the notion that one can order
> humanity's genetic diversity. But this subdivision into "races" only
> takes into account a small aspect of mankind's genetic diversity. For
> instance, the genetic distance between two french populations is on
> average inferior only by 15 % to the genetic distance between two
> population taken at random in the world. the racial classifications
> that some people used ( are they still used in the US btw ? I've
> always found that rather shocking for a country which has invented
> political correctness) are not valid, unworkable and arbitrary.
> The concept of a "caucasian" race makes no more sense than a
> "red-haired" race, and in many ways each human, a unique combination
> of genes, is a self contained "race".
>
> b

As long as any race gains a benefit by maintaining racial distinction, 
racial clasification will not go away.

Rykk