shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
I pointed out to a white supremacist on Twitter that if you shave a chimp, they're white underneath, along with photographic evidence and gratuitous commentary about the resemblance to their Uncle Dad.
They were real mad. I am very pleased about all this. 
shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@zebratron2084 European people are (generally) hairier, stocky, have had noticably more violence between each other and towards others, and caused a devastating epidemic when they came to the new world (along with genocide) partially because they got diseases from their livestock.
Like they're still people and deserving of respect and protection, but it's funny to me how they're really the "backwards" step of evolution and savagery they think others are.
re: shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@chimerror More seriously, I read somewhere that (paraphrasing and using hypothetical examples) the typical Spaniard has more DNA in common with the typical Nigerian than the typical Norwegian, and the Nigerian has more in common with them than the typical Ethiopian. That's my current position on race--a big dog's breakfast of cultural fetters lumped inexplicably into one bowl because of skin color and history--and I'm sticking to it. :3
re: shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@zebratron2084 no definitely, racism is basically folk biology and sociology, elevated into mania.