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Harry_Ba11sach said:
I disagree. Jews are both a race and a religion.

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Harry_Ba11sach said:
I disagree. Jews are both a race and a religion.

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According to anthropologists human race classification is inherently flawed, and the genetic evidence supports this assertion.  There is no such think as race on a biological level, it's a social construct.

Genetically, Jewish populations tend to be most similar genetically to both other Jewish populations around the world and their neighbors where they have settled.  Suggesting both a common lineage and gene flow from surrounding populations.

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Agreed, this is basically what I was driving at. And yes, I know the term is anti-semitism. you seem to think this is my first time reading   I didn't think a simple word choice could spark such a raging reponse from you people!

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Tangerines said:
That is like saying Catholics are both a religion and a race.

There are white Jews, black jews, and brown jews.

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No it's nothing like that. Jews of course there are different color and race jews, but those are jews in a religious labeling. As far as genetic judaism goes I don't think you'd argue that there is a specific "look" to certain people that is jewish. Big nose, sometimes curly hair etc etc.

Tell me, if you saw these three people on the street, would you say they were just white?  I'd bet $100 that 99 out of 100 people on here would instantly be able to tell you they were jewish based on nothing more than their looks alone.