You might have opened a can of worms there. More seriously itâs a fascinating subject.
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HmmmâŚ
Now Iâm wondering if a can of worms is a race. 
My ancestors could be 3 legged voluptians from Venus or clog dancers from the Netherlands . Thatâs fine by me.
An anthropological perspective on race:
About 100,000 years ago, humans were dark-skinned individuals and we all looked the same. Not to mention, there were neighbouring human species that werenât homo sapiens. Some human species, like the Neantherals (I probably butchered spelling lol) had relationships with the modern humans. Race wasnât a thing in the past.
However, rapid evolution and various degrees of melanin have caused what we now see as race. It is most likely a social construct. Most terms about race were developed by armchair anthropologists from the Victorian Era who determined that non-white races were inferior. So, most terms about race are quite colonial and stigmatized towards colored peoples (like myself).
If you guys have questions, I have my anthropological textbook with me so ask away.
Iâd like to exchange the word âraceâ for âbreedâ.
Think about it. You donât say you have different races of dogs or cats. You donât go up to someone who has a pug and ask âwhat race is itâ, you say âwhat breed is your dogâ.
Itâs a dog regardless of how it looks, itâs just bred differently.
I am a mix-breed. The best way to describe me would be âscandinavianâ, but we have some basque and south-german ancestors whose genetics are really punching through and causing me and most of my siblings to not look remotely scandinavian.
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