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>I'm not sure why people would >do this. For instance, the >names Garrick, O'Reilly, Lipson or >Walker aren't very racially specific, >are they?
Yes, they scream, "Hey, I'm Irish!"
>Because Black people can't speak "impeccable" >English?
No, of course they can. White people don't EXPECT a black woman to speak properly and use a wide range of vocab. My mom works in customer service, so a lot of the company's customers that speak to her only have heard her voice over the phone and assume that she is white. They match the name with the voice.
>The gene you're talking about is >found in the Jewish priesthood. >Not carrying the gene does >not mean that you're not >a "real" Jew, though I >agree with your central point.
That is true, but let's forget the ancestry and political correctness for a minute. The gene was found among the priests of the Jews. When the Jews came to the Middle East (from wherever), they came as a group and had a specific genotype. That does not mean that the common people were not real Jews, but the difference btwm the common people and the priests is that the priests most likely did not intermarry with other groups of people. Therefore keeping the bloodline pure. For the gene to pass to the son, the wife has to have a specific genetic makeup in order for the gene to pass. By intermarriage, the common people slowly soiled the gene with the blood of others and the gene of the orignal people was lost. I do no have much info about the Jewish faith, but I think that the priests chose only to marry women from their original group. So in that way, the gene was passed on b/c the priests kept the traditions alive and did not stray to other groups.
These are just my assumptions, but I'm open to anyone who has more info.
~Dulce~
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