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taeric
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Italian doctors successfully transplant a kidney i...
I find it interesting to read that "Foo is not a race." I thought it was pretty established that "race" is a dodgy thing, at best. Such that any collection of people that have been together for a long time would ultimately qualify.
Back to the readings for me, it seems.
gizmo686
on Dec 14, 2016
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You could consider "Italian" to be a race; but Italy is just the country where Italians happen to be from.
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If Italian is not a race, it surely is a tribal identity that transcends the borders of Italy the country.
taeric
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I think every person reading malpractice is huge in Italy, took that as Italians are huge in malpractice...
And, I still see race as a dodgy concept.
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Back to the readings for me, it seems.