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[PhilosophicalM] Friday Five February 21


 

1.? Is race a real or constructed concept?

It's real, and obvious in most cases.

2.? If race is real, what race should people of mixed ancestry be classied as?

Call them "mixed race." ?The Mexicans and some Caribbean Islands and parts of the American South went overboard with the concept of mixed race, as did the South Africans during apartheid.? In schools we learned about mulattos, quadroons, octaroons, sesquitoons, but the Mexicans had separate terms for Spanish/Indians and Black/Indians and every other combination you can imagine.? There used to be a huge chart in the Chapultepec museum showing drawings of what those various racial permutations looked like.

3? Should Forest Management be returned to the seasonal burning done by the Native Americans before white colonization?

I'm not sure what you mean by seasonal burning done by the Native Americans, since tribes behaved differently, but seasonal burning seems to be a better way to manage some forests than uncontrolled burning.

4.? Should litigation to limit forest management be outlawed or severely limited in scope and time?

I don't know what you mean by that.

5.? Musk has suggested that part of the savings from DOGE should be rebated to taxpayers - is this a good idea?\\

Let's wait until we see how much savings there are.

Ed

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 6:32?PM mrvnchpmn via <Chapman=[email protected]> wrote:
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1.? Is race a real or constructed concept?

2.? If race is real, what race should people of mixed ancestry be classied as?

3? Should Forest Management be returned to the seasonal burning done by the Native Americans before white colonization?

4.? Should litigation to limit forest management be outlawed or severely limited in scope and time?

5.? Musk has suggested that part of the savings from DOGE should be rebated to taxpayers - is this a good idea?



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