On facebook, a friend asked if racism was ever correct. My answer, is nuanced.
Perhaps at one time long ago (racism is a *culturally evolved* behavior, after all, protection of the clan/tribe from invaders) but I would argue that increases in travel technology and war technology defeated all positive reasons for this behavior more than 800 years ago.
Evolutionarily, skin color has no bearing on intelligence, honesty, trustworthiness, persistence, or any other human behavior.
It's merely an indication that you have a large percentage of ancestors who spend time in an area of the world that got a certain average amount of sunlight a year. Nothing more than that.
And since your recent ancestors (within the last 6 generations) could have been from anywhere it isn't even a good predictor of ethnic culture anymore.
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