Re: This post by THE SHADOW...
TO WHOM IT APPLIES:
Were some persons to 'opine' less, and read more, I myself might come to think these were well read, and well educated people.
Otherwise, I myself might consider those persons who value mere 'opinions' the equal of fact, to be of a lesser developed social and cultural level, muck akin to the 3rd World peoples mired in superstition who somehow seem unable to elevate themselves because of their ingrained pathological thought patterns.
"Race" is a scientific term based only on shared common physical characteristics which hold true at all times and can be repeatedly verified using the scientific method.
Neither skin color and skin tone, nor geographical distribution, nor facial characteristics, are the deciding factors as to the three racial divisions of mankind.