Re: [tied] Re: *kW- "?"

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From: "glen gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: *kW- "?"


> David:
> > Well I get your point and all, and fully agree, but
> > Canadians don't really constitute a separate and
> > distinct "race", do they?
>
> As per the post to Patrick, they apparently do when
> you look up the definition online. A race in its
> most basic sense is a category of people with a
> commonality of some sort. They don't necessarily
> have to be related by genetics.
>
>
> = gLeN

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Patrick:

AHD has, as its first definition of 'race': "A local geographic or global
human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by
_genetically_ transmitted physical characteristics."

That was, and is the normal preferred usage of the word.

As we all know, the Net is filled with trash.

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