I say that the different races of the world are all different. They are not the same "inside" despite skin colour and physical characteristics. Each race is (on average) different. Some races are more intelligent than others while some are physically better than others while some are more adapted to certain climates, etc. So the races are NOT the same. There is MUCH more different than just skin colour (as some people like to go on about).
But it doesn't mean that one should disrespect someone of a different race in regards to rights or laws.
Agree/disagree and WHY?
2006-12-20 06:07:48 · 11 answers · asked by teh @nn0y3d kItteh (^_^) 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Puurrrrfectly put, I must say. The races are all different. To say that they are all the same inside is stupidity or at least lack of knowledge about the races. It's also a lot more than just cultural upbringing. For example, take a bushman from South Africa. They are quite thick, its no secret. If they were intelligent they wouldn't be living in straw and mud huts but in proper buildings BUT they can survive on almost nothing and still manage to go hunting and drag a whole dead animal home for food.
Then turn to Western Europe. A prime example of what intelligence is. We had and have everything there is. But physically we can get beaten by North Africans in things like endurance and strength.
2006-12-20 06:26:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are certain physical qualities that may be more prevalent in people whose backgrounds are from certain areas, but generalizing based on the color of skin would have to be inaccurate.
Case in point: Take four men, #1's ancestors are exclusively from the Plains in Russia, #2's are exclusively from the high alps, #3 are from the high Mountains in China, #4 are from the plains in Africa.
Physically, one would expect 1 and 4 to be similar, and 2 and 3 to be similar (but for the skin color). Their bodies will have adapted to their environments. Similarly, someone from a mountain area of Africa would have little in common with the one from the plains areas aside from color.
Intellectually, there are grades of intelligence in every group, and that intelligence is measured differently. It's ridiculous to expect someone who grew up in a poor rural area to be able to understand quantum physics, but I'll bet there are people who could given the chance.
My first paragraph aside, there's no such thing as a "pure race" because we are all one species. Over time, each culture has mixed and blended with other cultures and that will continue because no on has a pure background of anything.
2006-12-20 06:29:00 · answer #2 · answered by jeffedl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. When I was in college psychology class, we were taught that certain races are predisposed to certain illnesses, mental problems etc. We all know that African Americans are more likely to get sickle cell disease, but did you know that Native Americans have a very high rate of alcoholism (as do Irish). White women & Asian women are more prone to osteoporosis. So, I guess you are right, all races are not the same, but that is by no means saying that all people are not equal.
2006-12-20 06:17:20 · answer #3 · answered by laneydoll 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the statement to a certain degree. Humans are not equal but we should be treated equally. What is your definition of intelligence. Do you mean doing well academically? Or the ability to survive (common sense). Humans from different ethnic groups show genetic differences which makes an Asian man very different to an Sub-Saharan African man.
Humans are like our eyes. One eye is always bigger or higher than the other eyes. Does that mean we poke one eye to blindness because it is smaller than the other? No WE DON'T. We are not born equal but we have a right to be treated equally.
2006-12-20 17:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by mizzbellz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First I want to say you should never judge someone for the color of their skin. I have had friends of every race. However, I will say that the fact that only people of African decent will reject the organs of anyone not within their own race indicates that there are, in fact, deep genetic differences.
2006-12-20 06:25:55 · answer #5 · answered by StormyC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like having four kids: two boys, two girls, two blond, 1 redhead, 1 brunette, 1 lefty, 3 righty, three curly hair, one straight, one has asthma, 3 do not, one is very tall, the others are average,..to a parent they are the loved and treated the same way but they are clearly different...not better or worse, just different. same thing for the races.
2006-12-20 06:30:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are smart and stupid people in every ethnicity. Just like there are pretty (symmetrical) and ugly (not symmetrical) people in every group. And talented and untalented people in every group. You can't generalize.
There is only one race, the human race. Skin color is not a race, it is an ethnicity, and where ever you are born is your nationality.
2006-12-20 06:13:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is also a fact that Africans have a noticably different bone structure, as well as Chinese and Japanese.
2006-12-20 06:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though my statement would be politically incorrect, I would agree to an extent.
2006-12-20 06:10:44 · answer #9 · answered by cannonball 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose i agree, you aren't being racist, yet you are not shying away from saying what you think.
2006-12-20 06:10:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋