{"id":1365,"date":"2002-01-17T19:29:22","date_gmt":"2002-01-18T00:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2002-01-17T19:29:22","modified_gmt":"2002-01-18T00:29:22","slug":"thats_why_its_c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/01\/17\/thats_why_its_c.html","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s called the <i>human<\/i> race, dummy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists look at race.  And decide it&#8217;s all <a href=\"http:\/\/foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,43298,00.html\">a bunch of malarkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">&#8220;Possibly only six genes determine the color of a person\u2019s skin,&#8221; Graves, a professor of evolutionary biology and African-American Studies at Arizona University, said in the Times interview.<br \/>\nSix genes, out of the 30,000 to 40,000 genes that make us human, determine race. 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