Race is much more than a social construct.
Race is an important biological classification of humans, similar to sub species among various animal species. A person’s race can usually be determined by appearance, and always by DNA analysis. The different races have evolved differently in response to different population pressures lasting for thousands of years.
Farming, even neolithic farming, requires different characteristics than hunting and gathering. For example, farmers must defer gratification. No matter how hungry they get they cannot eat their seed corn. They cannot butcher all of their farm animals. When individuals from races that have practiced agriculture for at least 9,000 years and individuals from races that have practiced agriculture for less than 5,000 years earn the same amount of money individuals from races that have practiced agriculture the longest are more likely to save money, and less likely to go into debt.
During most of history in civilized countries criminals were usually killed at the scene of the crime, they died in custody, or they were executed. The few children some of them may have had seldom lived to adulthood. Again, in civilized countries, during most of history intelligent men usually had more children who survived and reproduced than unintelligent men. Consequently, races that have practiced civilization the longest have higher IQ averages and lower crime rates than races that have been recently introduced to civilization. This is why the civil rights legislation in the United States and the War on Poverty have had effects that have been the opposite of those desired.
I am defining a civilization as a city based society where the government has the effective monopoly on the legitimate use of force,
Farming, even neolithic farming, requires different characteristics than hunting and gathering. For example, farmers must defer gratification. No matter how hungry they get they cannot eat their seed corn. They cannot butcher all of their farm animals. When individuals from races that have practiced agriculture for at least 9,000 years and individuals from races that have practiced agriculture for less than 5,000 years earn the same amount of money individuals from races that have practiced agriculture the longest are more likely to save money, and less likely to go into debt.
During most of history in civilized countries criminals were usually killed at the scene of the crime, they died in custody, or they were executed. The few children some of them may have had seldom lived to adulthood. Again, in civilized countries, during most of history intelligent men usually had more children who survived and reproduced than unintelligent men. Consequently, races that have practiced civilization the longest have higher IQ averages and lower crime rates than races that have been recently introduced to civilization. This is why the civil rights legislation in the United States and the War on Poverty have had effects that have been the opposite of those desired.
I am defining a civilization as a city based society where the government has the effective monopoly on the legitimate use of force,
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