naijaboiler t1_izng21u wrote on December 10, 2022 at 12:19 PM

Reply to comment by vtssge1968 in NFL players, especially former linemen, had fewer disease-free years and earlier high blood pressure and diabetes diagnoses. Two age-related diseases, arthritis and dementia, were also more commonly found in former football players than in other men of the same age. by Wagamaga

ancestry is scientifically valid. Race is not. Race is not ancestry.

Race is a social construct that is loosely based on ancestry, just as nationality is a political construct that is loosely based on ancestry and geography

vtssge1968 t1_izngwh1 wrote on December 10, 2022 at 12:29 PM

Exactly my point, I never used the word race and someone immediately points this out, I said nationality which isn't precisely right either, but it has more to do with the region from where the ancestors came from...