Genetic differences within racial groups exceed differences between groups

Evidence

Segregationist geneticists powered forward on their wild goose chase, trying to figure out something that did not exist: how the races differed genetically. In 2005, University of Chicago geneticist Bruce Lahn made the conjecture that there were two super-intelligence genes, and said they were least likely to exist in sub-Sahara Africans. When scientists demanded proof, Lahn had trouble providing it. Still no one had proven any association between genes and intelligence, let alone genes and race. … Craig Venter, the geneticist involved in mapping the genome, writing again in 2014, reassured his readers that “the results of genome sequences over the last thirteen years only prove my point more clearly”: that there “are greater genetic differences between individuals of the same ‘racial’ group than between individuals of different groups.” — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1179

Categorization

• SHARE: A crisp, citable fact — Venter’s within-group vs between-group genetic variation point, which is a standard rebuttal to genetic racism yet keeps needing restating.
• XREF: connects to: Racial categories capture only 7% of human genetic variation — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 315; Mixed-race IQ patterns refute claims of inherited racial intelligence differences. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1288; Cultural economic packages drive genetic differences even between nearby populations — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 311 (+1 more)