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.@jbouie As opposed to "white privilege," which is a serious concept that can be objectively demonstrated. Got it.

@jbouie Just another thing we can measure, that we don't fully understand, which can then be used to 'prove' culturally held beliefs.

@dbreunig precisely

@jbouie When wielded like this, genetics is no different than the 'silver bullet' metrics which came before it: PET scans, phrenology...

@dbreunig @jbouie Jamelle blocked me, but favorite or reply. You should read Thomas Sowell's rebuttal to intelligence predisposition by race

@jbouie @AuerbachKeller the problem, of course, is that "race" is not a valid biological category, so they're not measuring what they think.

@GamerApocalymon @jbouie The persistence of this sort of "research," even in more "acceptable" forms, is very depressing (see Nicholas Wade)

@AuerbachKeller @GamerApocalymon @jbouie Why?

@AuerbachKeller @GamerApocalymon @jbouie I mean, do you think it's inherently nonsense or just that nothing good can come of it?

@SatoshiKsutra @GamerApocalymon @jbouie At *best*, mapping loaded cultural constructs onto obscure biological divisions is irresponsible.