# Race: Yea or nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 14, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-yea-or-nay/553699 "2010-09-14T05:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 121
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-yea-or-nay/553699/121 "2010-09-17T10:14:57Z")
> [@bukkake....huh, wha'???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bukkake-huh-wha/63969/3): > > > [@bukkake....huh, wha'???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bukkake-huh-wha/63969/3): > > > > 1Black isn’t, African-American is, or close enough. I’d say there are likely a few different A-A ethnicities, actually. > > Well, if “blacks” do no represent an ethnicity, just what do they represent ? An artefact of history and a big mistake. Oh, and a high level of melanin content in the skin. > [@Malthus](#): > > An example: Ethiopian Jews are Black Africans and Ashkenazic Jews are White Caucasians. They share an ethnicity, based on common ancestry No, they don’t, and you’re severely mangling the meaning of the word. They share a religion, and some common ancestry, but they don’t share a common culture, for instance, nor do they share a (first) language. Same with the Lemba, same with Indian Jews, same with Chinese Jews. > [@Chen019](#): > > In fact so did Cavalli-Sforza previously, although his statements have changed as the intellectual climate has changed. Or, you know, as the data came in…but don’t let’s stand in the way of a good conspiracy theory :dubious: --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-yea-or-nay/553699)._