Post by Kukul-Kan on Dec 15, 2003 19:27:49 GMT -5
Many people still confuse these terms whose differences are some times pretty obvious but others not much. Here’s a excerpt of an essay from Stanley.M Garn’s “Human races” where the subject is discussed:
In addition to races defined by zoologists, anthropologists and human geneticists, human groupings of various kinds have been dignified or designated by the term "race." Race has been equated with language, and that is the sale useful meaning of the "Aryan" race. Race has been identified with religion, as in the case of the Jewish "race." which in reality comprises a number of discrete populations, some quite unrelated to the others. National groupings have frequently been called races, especially in periods of intensive nationalism. While at times linguistic groupings and biological faces may coincide and while religions or even national boundaries may delimit race-populations of various sizes, language, religion and national affinity are hardly measures of race. Race is a biological concept and faces are biological units. Races, moreover, are natural units and not artificial assemblages created by selecting "types" out of a population.
In addition to races defined by zoologists, anthropologists and human geneticists, human groupings of various kinds have been dignified or designated by the term "race." Race has been equated with language, and that is the sale useful meaning of the "Aryan" race. Race has been identified with religion, as in the case of the Jewish "race." which in reality comprises a number of discrete populations, some quite unrelated to the others. National groupings have frequently been called races, especially in periods of intensive nationalism. While at times linguistic groupings and biological faces may coincide and while religions or even national boundaries may delimit race-populations of various sizes, language, religion and national affinity are hardly measures of race. Race is a biological concept and faces are biological units. Races, moreover, are natural units and not artificial assemblages created by selecting "types" out of a population.