Nothing you wrote contradicts the conclusion that there are significant differences between the races, and that those differences are largely genetic in origin.

"I do get annoyed at non-geneticists playing scientist."

And I get annoyed at scientists telling me to ignore the evidence of my own mind, senses and experience.

"... when the 5 major continents were just one (before the techtonic [sic] plates broke them apart) and the 13 Tribes of Israel migrated, Humans probably were all one skin tone."

The last time the continents split up was prior to the rise of the dinosaurs, about 200 million years ago. Our earliest hominid ancestors appeared about 2 million years ago. The Tribes of Israel, about three thousand.

"We have simply adapted and evolved to our environment as a means of survival over the course of many thousands of years."

Agreed. And those adaptations go far beyond skin color.

@Gary Chandler in Canada- And this is from somebody who is a avowed Canadaphile, I agree that Canada does a lot of things better than the US, but you need to get off you High Horse about racism in Canada . it's there ; it's just hidden better. To hear you talk There's no problem between the french and english speakers, and and Blacks in canada that I talk to have a far different view of your starship than you do.

Look at the likes of Lou Dobbs, when he calls illegal immigrants "illegals" he dehumanizes them! But no one is upset about this major figure on CNN using derogatory language!

When we dehumanize and label people, we are on a slippery slope ..... a dangerous one, one which led Germany to label and dehumanize Jews and led to the Holocaust!

People who do not know the past WILL repeat it, sadly, there is a lot of ignorance out there!

You may not know that Derek Jeter of the Yankees is 50% of each, yet team mates say they can't approach him with regards to racism on the Yankees because he's not black enough, go figure?

BTW, he one-drop rule was ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967.

I do get annoyed at non-geneticists playing scientist. Go get your Ph.D. in Genetics, do a post-doc fellowship in human genetics, put together a syllabus and lectures for doctoral students and clinicians.

However, it is not a biological reality.

What we think of as "race" in the U.S. is based on phenotypes, yes, but that's social. It's not in someone's "genes" that they are strictly black, white, asian, etc.. More proof of this is evident in other culture's interpretation of race. Brazil, Puerto Rico, and South Africa all VERY different definitions of race–what makes one "white" or "black" or "colored", etc..

While I might be considered black in the U.S. in Brazil, I would be considered something different....Race is a social construct.

Also, can we stop with the "we're all a little bit racist/prejudice!" Because it does NOTHING to further the discussion is mostly used to squelch any discussion about white privilege and white solidarity and other topics. Most of the time it's used to shut people up as if racism is simply a personal problem. It's not a societal problem that is within all of our institutions. It's not some old antiquated idea that just has to die off with the older generations.

As far as "everybody is a little bit racist", people who say this continue to miss the point. While yes, it does mean that we aren't at all colorblind, what it is attempting to assert is some kind of sophomoric group-think aspect, which trivializes racism and it's effects.

@Bob: I agree completely. The dominant group always complains when they have to be equal to everyone else.

"to mike in NYC:
read a book called ‘the race myth.’ race is indeed a social construct."

Not to get into a reference war, but I’ll mention "Why Race Matters", by Michael Levin, "Race - The Reality of Human Differences", by Sarich and Miele, or anything on race by Steve Sailer at vdare.com. Linda Gottfredson has also done fine work. Google her.

In the final analysis, I have to rely on the evidence of my own mind, senses and experience. These all tell me that race is real.

In the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, segregating and discriminating against persons of color was not wrong. It was merely noting social distinctions. People should not be forced to accept, the Court reasoned, changes in the status quo, for it violates the rights of others.

When blacks initiated the "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" campaigns in the 1930s, store owners in mostly black neighborhoods complained that blacks were stealing jobs.

When blacks staged Sit-Ins to protest segregation in the 1960s, white merchants complained that blacks violated their right to serve whomever they wanted.

The claim by some that whites today are mistreated by nonwhites is nothing new. There are still issues to resolve and they require race as an analytical tool. You have to be aware of race and its implications in history and today in order to be able provide fair solutions. Otherwise you are firing a gun without bullets and at no target.

read a book called 'the race myth.' race is indeed a social construct.