Comments by "Eli Nope" (@elinope4745) on "What it takes to be racially literate | Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo" video.

  1. Lincoln Strong - Equality of opportunity or equality of outcome? I support the former and oppose the latter.
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  2. NietzscheanMan When people tell me that genes do not determine everything, I like to point at bananas. Have you ever seen or heard about a genius banana, or a banana making it into the Olympics? The reason you haven't is because bananas don't have the genes to make brains or muscles and skeletons. Genes really are everything. They supply the base required to have variation to begin with. If genes weren't the predominant requirement, than we could reasonably expect to see some bananas that were so well trained that they became Olympic athletes.
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  3. The reason you are more complex than a banana is because your genetics are that of a human and not a banana. I am not trying to imply that a banana could grow in a uterus or that a human could grow from a tree. Rather I am saying that your genetics came from your parents which also provided the environment for your development in the womb. It is all genetics. Genetics create humans which in turn have the potential to be many different things. But humans are not bananas, and the reason they are not bananas is genetics, which ultimately is everything.
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  4. Iria Eire go look at the twin studies. A lot of behavior, including criminal behavior is strongly coded in the genes. Some people are able to overcome this, but with some behaviors it is almost 100% genes. But lets consider another thing, its not like people sprout wings and fly around breaking the laws on flight zones. This too is genetic. Nearly all humans carry the genes that give them a propensity to be criminals. Most humans are able to overcome these natural inclinations as they grow up. But some people have genes that make overcoming this natural inclination harder than it is for others. I think we need to self segregate and have a plethora of different cultures with free mobility to those other cultures. In this manner people with different inclinations can live as they please as long as they keep those inclinations within the community that is accepting of them. This allows people to have diversity of beliefs and behavior and at the same time keeps the peace by separating the people who have beliefs and behaviors that are in conflict. Live and let live.
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  5. They are used to talking at a level their peers and other people who share their beliefs can understand.
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