I recently saw this tweet:

It's called biology. A Parisian looks different than an Arab Muslim. https://t.co/H8UOVGGgOt

— Wife with a Purpose (@apurposefulwife) November 22, 2015

Which was in response to ScarletLetter’s tweet below.

@apurposefulwife and also going off on the original statement, how does that Parisian women's know what a Muslim person looks like. 😑

— ScarletLetter (@SizzyLand) November 22, 2015

And I thought about it. People make arguments about how the races are biologically different and therefore more susceptible to different diseases, for example, how blacks tend to be more vulnerable to developing sickle cell anemia.  But surely there’s more to biological differences than just that…

Anonymous Conservative, with his theory of r/K selection posits that biological differences account for differences in political leanings, even within the same race.

What if genetics have a say on much more? Class? Low class? Upper class? Happiness or misery? Melancholy or whininess?

It makes sense to me that Christianity appeals to people, for the concept of redemption.

It also makes sense to me that biological realities are anathema to some people because they’re condemned with their lot in life. They just won’t change. And people will recognize that and give them that which they deserve.

In my mind, the idea of racial differences and biological differences is not what is truly scary to some people. It’s implications of such beyond what you first see. Cats that you can’t stuff back in the bag.

~Wald