An Argument for Race Abolitionism (2020)
&gt; the concept of ‘race’ is scientifically and socially unsupportable.<p>Just like the concept of &quot;culture&quot;. See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;08&#x2F;12&#x2F;does-race-exist-does-culture&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;08&#x2F;12&#x2F;does-race-exist-does-c...</a> , here&#x27;s the kicker:<p>&quot;There were two arguments against race being a real concept: it didn’t cluster nicely, and within-group variation was greater than between group variation. <i>And both of these are equally true of culture.</i> Any mathematical argument considering races as clusters of genes can be used equally well considering cultures as clusters of memes, and will likely return the same results.<p>Yet I can’t imagine someone saying “culture doesn’t exist” or “culture isn’t real”.&quot;