tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post8819702352983953884..comments2024-03-26T05:56:59.938+11:00Comments on THE PSYCHOLOGIST : JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post-10769493146002003872016-07-24T21:22:41.850+10:002016-07-24T21:22:41.850+10:00"... So I clearly have the angels on my side ..."<i>... So I clearly have the angels on my side in arguing for a flexible definition of race.</i>"<br /><br />You have the angels on your side because the English word 'race' has *always* had a far wider meaning than that of current usage.<br /><br />Consider just these historical uses --<br /><br />* The English race<br /><br />* The French race<br /><br />* The Jewish race<br /><br />* "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured <i>Races</i> in the Struggle for Life"<br /><br />* <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2013.01.0003%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D6" rel="nofollow">The race of fishmongers</a><br /><br /><br />The fact is, the English word 'race' is not primarily about biological relationships, it is a term for distinguishing one group of entities from other groups of similar entities based on some characteristic of the former, which characteristic can be *anything*.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com