Douglas_Knight comments on Shut Up and Divide? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 12 February 2010 03:38:10AM 2 points [-]

If you're referring to a particular clade, for instance, don't use the word "race" to differentiate that clade. That's just using the word wrong.

In the 19th century, such phrases as "the English race" or "the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" were popular.