The Inconvenient Science of Racial DNA Profiling

LimbicNutrition Weblog ^ | October 5, 2007 | Melba Newsome

[Publius6961]

Why is it that thet keep looking for a white man in a white van in these cases anyway? That seems like a type of profiling in and of itself.

Yes, of course, but that doesn't count.
At the risk of triggering the professional racists who love the abuse button, you simply verified what we all know.

[4woodenboats]

If you're a Christian, then Biblically, you'd recognize there being two 'races,' Christians and non-Christians

Did your ancestors dig their way here? That's a mighty deep hole you popped out of to deliver your ill conceived message.

[M203M4]

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[ConservativeBamaFan]

The ignorance associated with political correctness knows no bounds.

[mamelukesabre]

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[Publius6961]

"Once we start talking about predicting racial background from genetics, it's not much of a leap to talking about how people perform based on their DNA -- why they committed that rape or stole that car or scored higher on that IQ test," says Duster. "In this society where race is such a powerful idea, once you head down this path toward predicting race, will the next step be predicting racial behavior?"
He continues: "If I could push a button and make this technology disappear, I would."

If islam doesn't do us all in, political correctness surely will.

People fear most not what they believe is true, but that what they believe is true, may not be.

Erasing it from the body of science is their usual response. That should make everyone's hair stand on end.

[AbeKrieger]

it seems that 'race' can be determined sometimes by DNA.

Well, let's see. I am the 'race' that I am, be it black, white, yellow, red... due to the genes passed to me by my parents, all of which was decided by, um - DNA characteristics?

What scares the hell out of people is someday a scientist might discover the genetic markers for ignorance. Be a sad day in liberal-land, assuming they could get out of their own way denying it.

The day is coming folks, when what everyone knows will be revealed by a scientific test. Intelligence, like skin color, eye color, height, etc... is just another physical characteristic, and genes play a major role.

[Publius6961]

So, if this source is credible (it's a blog about food), it seems that 'race' can be determined sometimes by DNA. Have this guy try to racially profile Central Asians, North Africans (indigenous), East Africans, southwestern Asians, south Asians, or south Europeans, and see if he gets such firm matches.

Never mind that he got 20 out of 20 correct. Political correct madness at its finest!

If he can't isolate an individual geographically, to a community 50 generations ago, it's not "perfect", and should be dismissed; it boggles the mind.
Where have I heard this before? And more specifically, from which political persuasion?

[Publius6961]

And to 'all:' The 'oppressed' (in their demented views) semi-racists have yet again inundated a thread--and apparently automatically accepted an article coming from a blog about food simply because it fit with their stupid viewpoint).

Written by a master who lives in a glass house with all the silica, lime and sodium carbonate amorphous compounds missing.

Just saying....

[Ditto]

If you subscribe to the (Frudakis) theory, you're saying we are inherently unequal."

That is just inherently stupid. What if instead of finding a DNA sample, they found a hair. If it were a straight blond hair, the police would narrow their search to whites. Is that somehow 'inherently' unequal? How is it any different than when an eyewitness describes the perp as white or black or whatever? In this case, the DNA is the witness.

[kalee]

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

"If you subscribe to the (Frudakis) theory, you're saying we are inherently unequal."

That would be true regardless of any theory.

All (wo)men are created equal in terms of their God-given rights, not in terms of their God-given abilities or predilictions.

[rmh47]

We seem to be in agreement. I would, however, substitute the word “stupidity” for “ignorance” in your post. In theory, an ignorant person can be educated out of that condition. Stupidity is more enduring. Just a semantic argument.

[USMCVet]

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