I had reason to look at the concept of "race" ( just by being German in my age-group ). If there is one thing that DNA tests have shown it is that the concepts of race of the 20th century ( and before ) are meaningless. If the genetic variance within any given 'race' is by far bigger that the differences between any two 'races' than race is not a usefull classification concept. Given the nasty ballast race has here ( in Germany ) and in the US the whole concept should be ditched. ( actually here it is pretty much - nobody would dare even inquire about racial background on a form ( not that this will help if looking for a job and/or a flat and/or a so - I am male wishy-washy white average tho discrimination is rarely against me, does not mean I do not notice it occasionally )
I suspect that even within the very limited scope where race makes some slight sense ( as a sorting criterion) US Americans tend to be more mixed than some Europeans - at that I suspect that rural communities are less 'mixed' than urban ares: let a remote village exist for a ccouple of hundred years off the main travel routes and everybody there is related to everybody. On the other hand take a crossroads on several main traffic lines and the resultant locals WILL be mixed : http://www.gh4acws.de/zuckmeier_rhineland.html
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If there is one thing that DNA tests have shown it is that the concepts of race of the 20th century ( and before ) are meaningless.
If the genetic variance within any given 'race' is by far bigger that the differences between any two 'races' than race is not a usefull classification concept. Given the nasty ballast race has here ( in Germany ) and in the US the whole concept should be ditched. ( actually here it is pretty much - nobody would dare even inquire about racial background on a form ( not that this will help if looking for a job and/or a flat and/or a so - I am male wishy-washy white average tho discrimination is rarely against me, does not mean I do not notice it occasionally )
I suspect that even within the very limited scope where race makes some slight sense ( as a sorting criterion) US Americans tend to be more mixed than some Europeans - at that I suspect that rural communities are less 'mixed' than urban ares: let a remote village exist for a ccouple of hundred years off the main travel routes and everybody there is related to everybody.
On the other hand take a crossroads on several main traffic lines and the resultant locals WILL be mixed : http://www.gh4acws.de/zuckmeier_rhineland.html