Justin’s Notes
It is clear that our perception of relatively large differences between human races and subgroups, as compared to the variation within these groups, is indeed a biased perception and that, based on randomly chosen genetic differences, human races and populations are remarkably similar to each other, with the largest part by far of human variation being accounted for by the differences between individuals. Human racial classification is of no social value and is positively destructive of social and human relations. Since such racial classification is now seen to be of virtually no genetic or taxonomic significance either, no justification can be offered for its continuance.
— Lewontin

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Correlation Across Many VariablesScience Against PrejudiceThe Biological Reality of Race

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Lewontin's FallacyPopulation GeneticsRichard Lewontin

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