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**RobsShow** · 07-23-2006, 08:00 AM

You're still winning the poll right now.

Well, the ratio is down from 60:40 to 55:45... the difference is closing.

Lewontin follows a philosophical approach more than anything else... what struck me is that Lewontin seems to accept the existence of races. . Originally Posted by Lewontin Some races dominate others. Men and women have very unequal social and material power." (The Doctrine..., p.5/6)

I know it wasn't meant that way, but I noticed that in the parallel passage "some races" can seamlessly divide into the male race and the female race. Hence his idea of "race" might have been intended to cover more general instances of exploitation/domination than the biological race as a distinctive strain within a species.

I'm so glad you decided to read Lewontin, and I hope my nagging had a part in this! I used to be a school librarian, and I still have this urge to get people to read stuff!

Did you give out those personalised library cards where I get a star or a stamp whenever I finish reading a book for which I might win a prize, "Most Bibliomaniacal Reader of the Yr Award" ?

07-23-2006, 08:00 AM	#7
RobsShow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	You're still winning the poll right now. Well, the ratio is down from 60:40 to 55:45... the difference is closing. Lewontin follows a philosophical approach more than anything else... what struck me is that Lewontin seems to accept the existence of races. . Originally Posted by Lewontin Some races dominate others. Men and women have very unequal social and material power." (The Doctrine..., p.5/6) I know it wasn't meant that way, but I noticed that in the parallel passage "some races" can seamlessly divide into the male race and the female race. Hence his idea of "race" might have been intended to cover more general instances of exploitation/domination than the biological race as a distinctive strain within a species. I'm so glad you decided to read Lewontin, and I hope my nagging had a part in this! I used to be a school librarian, and I still have this urge to get people to read stuff! Did you give out those personalised library cards where I get a star or a stamp whenever I finish reading a book for which I might win a prize, "Most Bibliomaniacal Reader of the Yr Award" ?
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