#Repost @uk_black_history --- 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼. “There is no biological basis for races, and there has never been one.” The division of people into races, namely Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid, is a social and political classification based on characteristics like hair and skin colour that say very little about underlying genetic commonalities. This classification “has led to the persecution, enslavement, and slaughter of millions of people … [and] is still frequently used in connection with humans groups.” 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑚, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒. No grouping of humans into separate races (or subspecies) is based on actual genetic or other biological differences. “Among the 3.2 billion base pairs in the human genome, there is no fixed difference that separates, for example, Africans from non-Africans. To be explicit, not only is there no single gene that underpins ‘racial’ differences, but there is not even a single base pair.” While looking at specific genes known to code for skin color can help us discern whether the individual has dark or light skin, the genetic variants linked with light skin, for example, are shared by Europeans and Africans alike. And while a good guess could be made about an individual’s ancestry by looking at their genome and identifying some genetic differences, these differences are few and superficial. The largest number of genetic differences exists 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 so-called “racial” groups, and not between said groups. Simply comparing the genomes of two people will not help you classify them into what the world currently recognizes as their “race”. Paraphrased from the 2019 'Jena Declaration'. The group of scholars have subsequently called to abandon the term 'race'. . . . . . . . . . #nosuchthingasrace #raceisasocialconstruct #racisimisreal #antiblackpropaganda #justificationforslavery #antiracisteducator #whitenessisadisease #whiteprivilegeexists #whitenessisapsychosis #theresnosuchthingasrace #whiteisnotthedefault #humanrace #wypipo #whiteprivilige #whitelies #whitepsychosis #antiracisteducation #antiimperialis https://www.instagram.com/p/CFW4YBvA7J2/?igshid=c6pqv1yyqw96