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0.2% difference leads to "Hate"?
Biological differences among races do not exist, WU research shows
By Tony Fitzpatrick
Race doesn't matter.
In fact, it doesn't even exist in humans.
http://wupa.wustl.edu/record_archive/1998/10-15-98/articles/races.html
Skin color is a reflection of the amount and distribution of the pigment melanin, which in humans protects against damaging ultraviolet rays but in other species is also used for camouflage or other purposes. The mutation that deprives zebra fish of their stripes blocks the creation of a protein whose job is to move charged atoms across cell membranes, an obscure process that is crucial to the accumulation of melanin inside cells.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121501728.html
Do Races Differ? Not Really, DNA Shows
http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/opp/racesnyt.html
In other words, the traditional categorization of humans into whites, blacks , asians, mexicans, native americans....is meaningless.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080608065333AA0h0fp