The question of "race" in the context used is a legal one, not a technical or scientific one.
Sean. > On Oct 22, 2019, at 9:27 PM, mailfrom-openzfs.topicbox....@kopka.net wrote: > > > > Am 23.10.2019 um 04:44 schrieb Matthew Ahrens: >> In the culture I'm most familiar with, to say "there is no such thing as >> race" is often to implicitly deny the existence of racism > I think this logic is flawed. > > A thing that dosn't exist can not be used for anything - even with humans in > existance who choose to believe otherwise. > > Looking at the topic of perpetual motion machines should make this quite > obvious, stating that these dont't exist does in no way imply that there are > no misguided humans who believe otherwise. The exact same applies to "there > is no such thing as race". > > Stating discrimination based on 'race' being possible implies that 'race' > exists, effectively bootstrapping a false idea into existance. > > > Gregor > openzfs / openzfs-developer / see discussions + participants + delivery > options Permalink ------------------------------------------ openzfs: openzfs-developer Permalink: https://openzfs.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T91ab128e3e20cf25-M94f299d866507753f2fa05b7 Delivery options: https://openzfs.topicbox.com/groups/developer/subscription
