# How many races are there?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-races-are-there/127179>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 5, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-races-are-there/127179 "2002-09-05T20:34:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-races-are-there/127179/181 "2002-10-14T01:28:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OWD \*  
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> Do you mean sub-species? The differences between White, yellow, red, brown, and black are great. \*\*

Oh dear God…

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**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-races-are-there/127179/182 "2002-10-14T04:00:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Collounsbury \*  
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> Oh this is great criticism coming from two people who have yet to be able to advance clear, identifiable hypotheses or even reconcile their “feelings” with current theory.
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> Whatever. \*\*

Gah. More of your nonsense. **IzzyR** ’s criticism of your debating style was right on the money.

As for your point about “clear, identifiable hypotheses,” that’s totally ridiculous. But let me ask you a related question - do you honestly believe that your arguments are clearer than **IzzyR** ’s?

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