Comments on: Race, Sexuality, and the “One Drop Rule”: More Thoughts about Interracial Couples and Marriage http://thesocietypages.org/sexuality/2009/10/18/race-sexuality-and-the-one-drop-rule-more-thoughts-about-interracial-couples-and-marriage/ Sexuality & Society explores relationships between social institutions, cultural practices, sexual health, and sexual policy. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tardigrade http://thesocietypages.org/sexuality/2009/10/18/race-sexuality-and-the-one-drop-rule-more-thoughts-about-interracial-couples-and-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-1340 Tardigrade Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:38:27 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/sexuality/?p=542#comment-1340 "Biologists now agree, in many cases that there is little to no biological basis for race. Social scientists share this view, and Lewis (2006) reports that “it has been demonstrated that 85.4% of genetic variation occurs within racial groups and 8.3% occurs between population groups within a race; only 6.3 % of genetic variance occurs between racial groups” (he cites Braun, 2002; Lewontin, 1972)." Please consider checking out "Human Genetic Diversity: Lewontin's Fallacy" here: http://goodrumj.com/RaceFaq.html While I agree social and non-social environment plays a big role in disease and etc..., it appears that the larger "racial" categories can, in many cases, be described on a solely genetic basis. “Biologists now agree, in many cases that there is little to no biological basis for race. Social scientists share this view, and Lewis (2006) reports that “it has been demonstrated that 85.4% of genetic variation occurs within racial groups and 8.3% occurs between population groups within a race; only 6.3 % of genetic variance occurs between racial groups” (he cites Braun, 2002; Lewontin, 1972).”

Please consider checking out “Human Genetic Diversity: Lewontin’s Fallacy” here:

http://goodrumj.com/RaceFaq.html

While I agree social and non-social environment plays a big role in disease and etc…, it appears that the larger “racial” categories can, in many cases, be described on a solely genetic basis.

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