mlw
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Anti-miscegenation is a strong impulse among animals. A local chaffinch in southern Sweden won't couple with a chaffinch arriving from northern Sweden. The reason for this is an instinctual fear of 'outbreeding depression'. It means that the progeny will likely exhibit lower fitness in the parental environment (cf. Wikipedia).
Although human beings can rely on social welfare, they live in an even more complex environment than animals. It is in many ways much more demanding, because there is very much learning required. There is no reason to believe that human beings lack qualms about the welfare of their progeny. Of course, they want to couple with someone who has the right genetic qualifications to produce progeny well-adapted to the local habitat.
This instinctual foundation is further exacerbated by conscious observations that humans make. Facts are that Blacks in the U.S. have a much higher crime and unemployment rate than Whites, which is taken as evidence that they are not equally well-adapted to the local habitat.
Having such qualms about the progeny's genetic prerequisites for achieving successful adaptation is today called racism. But it isn't really. It is a strong instinctual impulse, but also a moral provision for our children as well as society.
So I want to point out that "race laws" is one thing, whereas anti-miscegenation is another. It is natural, and remains essential to biological and cultural evolution. It is neither moral nor immoral. There's no reason to moralize about whether or not we should resort to anti-miscegenation. It is just how it works! To steer clear of out-and-out racism we need to accept the facts of life as they are, and never stop talking about it.
Mats Winther
See also:
Winther, M. (2015). The Burning Issue: Race and Racialism.
Although human beings can rely on social welfare, they live in an even more complex environment than animals. It is in many ways much more demanding, because there is very much learning required. There is no reason to believe that human beings lack qualms about the welfare of their progeny. Of course, they want to couple with someone who has the right genetic qualifications to produce progeny well-adapted to the local habitat.
This instinctual foundation is further exacerbated by conscious observations that humans make. Facts are that Blacks in the U.S. have a much higher crime and unemployment rate than Whites, which is taken as evidence that they are not equally well-adapted to the local habitat.
Having such qualms about the progeny's genetic prerequisites for achieving successful adaptation is today called racism. But it isn't really. It is a strong instinctual impulse, but also a moral provision for our children as well as society.
So I want to point out that "race laws" is one thing, whereas anti-miscegenation is another. It is natural, and remains essential to biological and cultural evolution. It is neither moral nor immoral. There's no reason to moralize about whether or not we should resort to anti-miscegenation. It is just how it works! To steer clear of out-and-out racism we need to accept the facts of life as they are, and never stop talking about it.
Mats Winther
See also:
Winther, M. (2015). The Burning Issue: Race and Racialism.