This is sophistry. Race is a real biologically-rooted concept. What you call it is irrelevant.
For most people self-described race is about 99% accurate. These terms map onto real historical genetic clusterings, which were accurately described in prior centuries.
We also now have machine-learning tools that can accurately identify someone's race from X-rays and other medical imagery. In fact these tools are so accurate that even when the images look to a human like nothing more than a grey box, these tools can identify the subject's race.
This is sophistry. Race is a real biologically-rooted concept. What you call it is irrelevant.
For most people self-described race is about 99% accurate. These terms map onto real historical genetic clusterings, which were accurately described in prior centuries.
We also now have machine-learning tools that can accurately identify someone's race from X-rays and other medical imagery. In fact these tools are so accurate that even when the images look to a human like nothing more than a grey box, these tools can identify the subject's race.
Thank you for this.
I wish that those who most need it will read and understand it.
My expectation, though, is that we will be seeing this on MLK day for years to come, as being both still true and still needed…