Message from @RyeNorth
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like, most of the race realist argument is that black americans have lower average IQ than white americans and claims that it's a biological factor
which doesn't account for the absolutely massive cultural and socioeconomic difference between black and white americans
IQ is BS that is all
because you could draw the same graph and argue that poor people are biologically inferior to rich people
Thanks! I will keep not of these
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oh well i guess vids dont embed here but this is a new Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris debate above ^^^
Race realism is really just a study of evolutionary differences...
Basing it around skin color, however, is extremely arbitrary.
Although skin color is actually an excellent argument as to why 'race realism' is, in fact, real.
It's evolutionary. People select for traits suitable to their environment.
Darker skin develops around the equator. Lighter skin tones developed further away.
Where the whole thing goes wrong is when people ignore the cultural influence.
Race realism isn't so much of a problem - and shouldn't even really be that much of a taboo - compared to race determinism.
Non-white people are more likely to be lactose intolerant. Darker skinned people are more likely to tolerate sun exposure better than a white person.
White people more frequently can't handle spicy foods, as those are generally preferred in more temperate climates.
The funny point to all of this is, all of these traits are related to one another. They're physiological differences that equate to consistent environmental selectors. People who try to sell you identity politics along the lines of race realism, however, aren't accounting for the true deterministic factor, Culture.
I'm a culturist.
I'm not sure what the parameters are of that label, but most likely I am too.
I am more likely to trust someone who I know holds principles like mine regardless of what they look like, as opposed to trusting someone who looks like me based solely on that fact.
Webster doesn't have the definition that I'm using it for so I guess that means we get to make up new meanings too.
presumably, someone who values cultural identity over arbitrary identity.
Although whatever this is has it as ```One who holds prejudices against a culture``` https://www.wordnik.com/words/culturist
I do think that's far more fair than prejudice against a race.
Culture is far more connected to a person's character than skin color.
Culture can change but race can't.
There's also the point of accepting that culture is different in different parts of the world.
I can accept that some Asian cultures have no problems eating dog, for instance. In the United States, though, I do take some issue.
Yeah. People can do whatever where they are from but if they come to the west I think they need to assimilate.
(Food is the first and foremost thing I go to when I think of culture)
I'll go one better.
'Multiculturalism' is only possible on a personal level. (read: sustainable)
By that, a nation should have one culture to it.
But people should hold that culture, and any additional cultural values they hold, with, say, American culture being in the forefront.
I have no problem with people speaking whatever language is native to them at home. I have no problems with teaching a native tongue to children. That's awesome, and makes for a much smarter kid, frankly.
That common culture, in this case, common language, though...
That's needed in order for a nation's people to relate to one another.