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Race; Posted on: 2008-03-08
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Knowledge concerning race is one thing, doing something is quite another..


One of the most intense changes in America's demography this century will be
its changing racial and ethnic composition. The acceleration of immigration
from the southern hemisphere and Asia, the higher fertility of most non-white
peoples and the slow regeneration of America's aging white population will
have profound impacts on the nation's demographic profile, with significant
repercussions for the voting public. The importance of these changes; the
impact on racial identity politics, new ethnic alliances and reactions to
immigration has already been seen in 2007 by the anti-immigration / amnesty
uprising and the current 2008 presidential voting process. Nonetheless, these
shifts are insignificant to what can be expected in future election cycles as
Asian, Hispanic and black Americans make up increasingly larger shares of the
people entitled to vote.


Additionally, in the last 50+ years this nation has never seen or heard of
blacks, Mexicans or Asians saying foolish belittling things about themselves
in terms of race. It seems only whites do this and plenty of them do it pretty
often. Why do they stress that racial purity is a myth when in reality anyone
who considers themselves a pro white activist is not staying up at night
agonizing about racial purity, an obsessively ridiculous past time? Far too
many white Americans believe if you have a trace of off-white melanin in your
genetic procession going back five or six generations, does that prohibit you
from claiming the label Caucasian?


And again would a black, Mexican, or Asian having examined their personal
biological pedigree ever say it disqualifies them as black, Mexican or Asian?
No, of course not and rightly so. Only white Americans seem to be obsessed
with such self destructive thought patterns that later translate into
demographic suicidal behavior. While certain sectors of today's political
parties are either ambivalent about this phenomena or are actively working to
maintain it, the fact that something so profound has taken place in such a
relatively short period of time - to one demography alone and no other -
belies that something outside the universe of acceptable discourse has taken
place.


Unless and until a strong assertive bloc of openly pro European American
voters and activists explores their ongoing dispossession in terms of
demography -- in no uncertain terms -- there may come a time when there will
be no point in asking any more questions. Without a doubt race is the final
frontier in modern day America.


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On Mar 9, 11:18*am, wrote:
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http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3705


Race: *The Final Frontier
Race; Posted on: 2008-03-08
* * * * * [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]


Knowledge concerning race is one thing, doing something is quite another.


One of the most intense changes in America's demography this century will
be
its changing racial and ethnic composition. The acceleration of
immigration
from the southern hemisphere and Asia, the higher fertility of most
non-white
peoples and the slow regeneration of America's aging white population
will
have profound impacts on the nation's demographic profile, with
significant
repercussions for the voting public. The importance of these changes; the
impact on racial identity politics, new ethnic alliances and reactions to
immigration has already been seen in 2007 by the anti-immigration /
amnesty
uprising and the current 2008 presidential voting process. Nonetheless,
these
shifts are insignificant to what can be expected in future election
cycles as
Asian, Hispanic and black Americans make up increasingly larger shares of
the
people entitled to vote.


Additionally, in the last 50+ years this nation has never seen or heard
of
blacks, Mexicans or Asians saying foolish belittling things about
themselves
in terms of race. It seems only whites do this and plenty of them do it
pretty
often. Why do they stress that racial purity is a myth when in reality
anyone
who considers themselves a pro white activist is not staying up at night
agonizing about racial purity, an obsessively ridiculous past time? Far
too
many white Americans believe if you have a trace of off-white melanin in
your
genetic procession going back five or six generations, does that prohibit
you
from claiming the label Caucasian?


And again would a black, Mexican, or Asian having examined their personal
biological pedigree ever say it disqualifies them as black, Mexican or
Asian?
No, of course not and rightly so. Only white Americans seem to be
obsessed
with such self destructive thought patterns that later translate into
demographic suicidal behavior. While certain sectors of today's political
parties are either ambivalent about this phenomena or are actively
working to
maintain it, the fact that something so profound has taken place in such
a
relatively short period of time - to one demography alone and no other -
belies that something outside the universe of acceptable discourse has
taken
place.


Unless and until a strong assertive bloc of openly pro European American
voters and activists explores their ongoing dispossession in terms of
demography -- in no uncertain terms -- there may come a time when there
will
be no point in asking any more questions. Without a doubt race is the
final
frontier in modern day America.


News Source: Western Culture Institute


2007-2008 European Americans United.- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -


I see that one of the pointy headed "White Pride" whackos has slipped
his collar and gone prowling the neighborhood.

As gardeners we know that cucurbitaceae pepo comes as acorn squash,
crookneck, scallop, small striped and warted gourds, spaghetti, and
zucchini squash, all come from the same source and all can interbreed.
Is one intrinsically better than another? No.
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August 27, 2000 Sunday Press Democrate B5

UV light, skin color linked

Variations due to geography

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Two San Francisco scientists using data from a NASA
satellite say they have discovered why people come in different colors.

Variations in human skin color are the result of adaptations to the
amount of ultraviolet light from the sun falling on different regions of
Earth, according to Nina Jablonski and George Chaplin, scientists with
the California Academy of Science.

People's bodies change their skin color over time to let in just the
right amount of UV light, which is key to having healthy babies.

UV light affects the skin's production of folate, part of the B vitamin
complex, and vitamin D-3, both of which are essential for having healthy
children.

Folate is necessary for the proper development of the nervous system in
fetuses and for sperm production in adult males. Vitamin D-3 helps build
and maintain strong bones and a healthy immune system.

But too much solar UV light can not only cause skin cancer, it can also
damage those chemicals, thereby hurting a person's chances for
reproductive success.

The scientists' finding may also explain why women tend to be
lighter-skinned than men. Lighter skin lets in more solar UV light,
increasing a woman's vitamin D-3 production, which helps the fetus grow
during pregnancy and helps nourish newborns through breast feeding.

UV light from the sun varies from region to region for reasons including
latitude, humidity and cloudiness.
Jablonski and Chaplin's discovery isn't entirely new. For a long time,
scientists have thought there was a correlation between UV light and
skin color, and they knew the light helped produce vitamin D and that it
could cause cancer.

"But this explanation was considered weak by some scientists because
skin cancer has little or no effect on people's ability to reproduce,
which is really the bottom line of every evolutionary spreadsheet,"
Jablonski said.

Jablonski developed the hypothesis that links UV light to reproduction
in 1991. The scientists analyzed published measurements of human skin
color from around the world and data from NASA's Total Ozone Mapping
Spectrometer satellite, which orbited Earth from 1978 to 1993 and
gathered direct UV measurements for the entire globe to find the
correlation between skin color and UV light.

Jablonski and Chaplin found that dark skin acts as a natural sunscreen
to help prevent UV light from breaking down folate, so it is helpful in
areas with a lot of sun. But in less sunny areas, dark skin screens out
too much sunlight, and can inhibit the production of vitamin D-3, so
lighter skin is helpful for reproductive success.

Skin color is based on the level of melanin, an organic molecule with an
undetermined chemical structure. Those with more melanin have darker
skin, and melanin levels are genetic. But the variations in skin color
are adaptations to solar UV light, not biological differences among
people, according to Jablonski and Chaplin.
"We're all the same under the skin," Jablonski said.
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