I noticed reading Kiln People that Brin keeps referring to real people as having brown-colored skin - like that was the normal color for everyone. There are golems that have white or fair color, but they are considered fake looking - different enough to not be confused with real people. Do you think Brin was alluding to what is mentioned below?
Nerd From Hell (just tryin' to get on list topic) > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: evolution > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:27 PM > Subject: Re: evolution > > > > Zim wrote: > > > > > > > You guys are missing the point. Racial differences are an > effect of > > > > >relatively isolated breading populations. We are now in a situation > > > > >where the entire human population can and does act as a single > interbreeding > > >population. The minor differences in genes distribution > that characterize > > >racial differences will be gone in a few generations. Imagine that. > > > > >John Lennon was right > > > > > > 8^) > > > > Yea, but there goes diversity. :-) > > Dan M. > >
