Hello all,
Science has proven that all humans are 99.9 percent the same at our most basic genetic level. The remaining differences are minor variations based solely on geography. (people from different areas of the world have different resistance to certain diseases, or a tendency toward the same hair color etc as that trait is commen in that area.) It is also a commen misconception that modern science postulates that humans, or any other organism, adapt to their environment. Change is the result of random mutations that occur over very Long periods of time. Most of the time, these random changes are lethal, and the new trait is not passed on to the next generation. Every once in a while, one of these changes is of benefit, and thus passed on to the next generation.
African Americans or any other of the black population are therefore by no means a separate race. Any difference in worldview then becomes a social and cultural issue. Cultural issues are a learned behavior, It is not hard wired into our genes. There fore I agree with Dr Dan. Why not be pleased when children aspire to become productive members of society? Members of the black community such as Bill Cosby have been very Critical of certain aspects of black culture for years. Unfortunately, their voices have been drown out by the allure of money and "status" that is associated with the music industry, sports etc.
Perhaps now this will start to change
I doubt that science has proven that. Scientists do not yet even understand the entire DNA string of a banana. By the way, we share 50% of our DNA with bananas apparently.
Your post is really ridiculous.
You write-
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Science has proven that all humans are 99.9 percent the same at our most basic genetic level. The remaining differences are minor variations based solely on geography.
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Well, think of a classroom. You will see people from the same geographical location varying widely in intelligence, strength, morality, maturity, health..
And within the category of intelligence there is huge variation..
It's amazing how much of ourselves we are actually born with.
When people lack morality, maturity and intelligence, they can be easily influenced.. "Yes They Can". And when they fail they often cause trouble for others.
Now they want to be presidents and surgeons, they will fail to do that, like most people do. Maybe Barack with his positivity, will be a good influence and be a bit of a father figure to them, and keep them from going off the rails when they do fail.
Many Blacks do lack intelligence, morality and maturity..
They show this all over the world..
In America they blame slavery, but this excuse doesn't work in Britain.
They may try to blame poverty but enough people know that poor people can be decent people. They can blame fathers leaving - well, that's fairly unique to them, but alot of people have father's that unfortunately die young, and they don't turn to crime.
And the question then becomes, why is it that poverty, father leaving, crime e.t.c. all happen to black people so much.
We know that black people are often good at sports..
So maybe there are often less intelligent.
Don't discount the qualities and deficiencies that we inherit.