-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:31 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: "And just one more thing"
"I seem to be hearing from some students that interracial marriages are bad because of the children of such marriages are more likely to have all types of physiological and health problems." Sounds like this could very well be some kind of anti-interracial marriage propaganda. In fact, genetic distance is one of the best things for health. Fewer recessive genes that can pair up and cause serious congenital conditions and inherited diseases that appear later in life. Interracial marriages run a far better chance of offering such distance. The children of such unions are likely to be healthier than those of same race marriages - and ironically the Nazi dream of a "master race" based on restrictive "pure" breeding would likely have resulted in more individuals afflicted with inherited defects (as is seen in any breeding program where the gene pool is relatively small, as with livestock and purebred pets.) Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
