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Ethnicity is a social construct

Post by Odie » 05 Jul 2024, 21:51

Ethnicity, language and race as many other things are social constructs. They cannot be detected by DNA. Semetism, cush, bantu etc are divisions based on language, color, appearance and perhaps culture. Biologically speaking there is no genetic Tigre, gurage, Oromo, Amhara or Somali. Based on DNA people could be to some extent traced to their location where their ancestors lived but not what ethnic they were or what language they spoke.
We can have a bantu or a niloth reared up as Tigre, gurage or amhara. A semite reared up as Oromo. That is why each ethnic in ethiopia has so diverse skin color and appearance. More importantly, since ages immomoriable, the so called cushitic, semitic, bantu and nilots intermingled during different regimes blurring the difference in their color and appearance. Ethiopia as the world knows is a boiling point for color and ethnics. Except in the peripheries, no pure one ethnic could be found. There is no logical or scientific ground for Ethiopia to have a segregated ethnic regions. What people need is a nation like most countries in the world. Ethnic based politics is one system of exploitation where a group it calls itself a specific ethnics attempts to oppress other ethnics and the people to lift itself above others and make its culture the culture of others by force. Like a revolt was necessary to obliterate the feudal system, colonialism and marxist socialist ideology a strong public revolt to remove ethnic based oppression is a must.

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Re: Ethnicity is a social construct

Post by Noble Amhara » 05 Jul 2024, 22:14

Abiy for the first time has signified his dissapointment with ethnic federalism saying "yebiher bishta" at 0:56 in the video meaning the virus of ethno nationalism spawned by ethnic federalism is a threat to how long he can reign over the ethiopian people.

He needs to realize this tribalism will not sustain him keeping a ticking time bomb in your house is never right!!
FANA TV wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 01:02

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Re: Ethnicity is a social construct

Post by Horus » 05 Jul 2024, 22:51

Odie wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 21:51
Ethnicity, language and race as many other things are social constructs. They cannot be detected by DNA. Semetism, cush, bantu etc are divisions based on language, color, appearance and perhaps culture. Biologically speaking there is no genetic Tigre, gurage, Oromo, Amhara or Somali. Based on DNA people could be to some extent traced to their location where their ancestors lived but not what ethnic they were or what language they spoke.
We can have a bantu or a niloth reared up as Tigre, gurage or amhara. A semite reared up as Oromo. That is why each ethnic in ethiopia has so diverse skin color and appearance. More importantly, since ages immomoriable, the so called cushitic, semitic, bantu and nilots intermingled during different regimes blurring the difference in their color and appearance. Ethiopia as the world knows is a boiling point for color and ethnics. Except in the peripheries, no pure one ethnic could be found. There is no logical or scientific ground for Ethiopia to have a segregated ethnic regions. What people need is a nation like most countries in the world. Ethnic based politics is one system of exploitation where a group it calls itself a specific ethnics attempts to oppress other ethnics and the people to lift itself above others and make its culture the culture of others by force. Like a revolt was necessary to obliterate the feudal system, colonialism and marxist socialist ideology a strong public revolt to remove ethnic based oppression is a must.

YES, ETHNICITY IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR, 100%. AND, A BAD BEHAVIOR AT THAT. THE HORUS MANIFESTO.

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Re: Ethnicity is a social construct

Post by Odie » 05 Jul 2024, 23:58

Horus wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 22:51
Odie wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 21:51
Ethnicity, language and race as many other things are social constructs. They cannot be detected by DNA. Semetism, cush, bantu etc are divisions based on language, color, appearance and perhaps culture. Biologically speaking there is no genetic Tigre, gurage, Oromo, Amhara or Somali. Based on DNA people could be to some extent traced to their location where their ancestors lived but not what ethnic they were or what language they spoke.
We can have a bantu or a niloth reared up as Tigre, gurage or amhara. A semite reared up as Oromo. That is why each ethnic in ethiopia has so diverse skin color and appearance. More importantly, since ages immomoriable, the so called cushitic, semitic, bantu and nilots intermingled during different regimes blurring the difference in their color and appearance. Ethiopia as the world knows is a boiling point for color and ethnics. Except in the peripheries, no pure one ethnic could be found. There is no logical or scientific ground for Ethiopia to have a segregated ethnic regions. What people need is a nation like most countries in the world. Ethnic based politics is one system of exploitation where a group it calls itself a specific ethnics attempts to oppress other ethnics and the people to lift itself above others and make its culture the culture of others by force. Like a revolt was necessary to obliterate the feudal system, colonialism and marxist socialist ideology a strong public revolt to remove ethnic based oppression is a must.

YES, ETHNICITY IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR, 100%. AND, A BAD BEHAVIOR AT THAT. THE HORUS MANIFESTO.
እርሱ ላይማ እንስማማለን::
እንደዚህም ሆኖ የአማራ ነፃነት ቤትኛውም መልኩ ደጋፊ ነኝ::
ያቺ " ወላሂ ከእንግዲህ አማራ አልሆንም" ያለችው ህፃንና በዘራቸው ምክንያት ተጨፍጭፈው በዶዘር የተቀበሩ ስዎች ግፍ አልረሳም:: አብይ የሞተው የዛን እለት ነው:: ሌላው የሞተው የዘር ፖለቲካን ቀብሮ ተጎዳሁ ለሚ ል ወገን ህጋዊ እርምት መውስድ ሲችል የዘር ክል ሎችን ማባዛት የቀጠለ እለት ነው:: በዚህ ሾመኝ ከሚለው አምላኩም ጋር ተጣልቷል:: በግፍ ወደብ አመጣ አላመጣ የራሱ ጉዳይ!!

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Re: Ethnicity is a social construct

Post by Odie » 05 Jul 2024, 23:58

Horus wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 22:51
Odie wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 21:51
Ethnicity, language and race as many other things are social constructs. They cannot be detected by DNA. Semetism, cush, bantu etc are divisions based on language, color, appearance and perhaps culture. Biologically speaking there is no genetic Tigre, gurage, Oromo, Amhara or Somali. Based on DNA people could be to some extent traced to their location where their ancestors lived but not what ethnic they were or what language they spoke.
We can have a bantu or a niloth reared up as Tigre, gurage or amhara. A semite reared up as Oromo. That is why each ethnic in ethiopia has so diverse skin color and appearance. More importantly, since ages immomoriable, the so called cushitic, semitic, bantu and nilots intermingled during different regimes blurring the difference in their color and appearance. Ethiopia as the world knows is a boiling point for color and ethnics. Except in the peripheries, no pure one ethnic could be found. There is no logical or scientific ground for Ethiopia to have a segregated ethnic regions. What people need is a nation like most countries in the world. Ethnic based politics is one system of exploitation where a group it calls itself a specific ethnics attempts to oppress other ethnics and the people to lift itself above others and make its culture the culture of others by force. Like a revolt was necessary to obliterate the feudal system, colonialism and marxist socialist ideology a strong public revolt to remove ethnic based oppression is a must.

YES, ETHNICITY IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR, 100%. AND, A BAD BEHAVIOR AT THAT. THE HORUS MANIFESTO.
እርሱ ላይማ እንስማማለን::
እንደዚህም ሆኖ የአማራ ነፃነት ቤትኛውም መልኩ ደጋፊ ነኝ::
ያቺ " ወላሂ ከእንግዲህ አማራ አልሆንም" ያለችው ህፃንና በዘራቸው ምክንያት ተጨፍጭፈው በዶዘር የተቀበሩ ስዎች ግፍ አልረሳም:: አብይ የሞተው የዛን እለት ነው:: ሌላው የሞተው የዘር ፖለቲካን ቀብሮ ተጎዳሁ ለሚ ል ወገን ህጋዊ እርምት መውስድ ሲችል የዘር ክል ሎችን ማባዛት የቀጠለ እለት ነው:: በዚህ ሾመኝ ከሚለው አምላኩም ጋር ተጣልቷል:: በግፍ ወደብ አመጣ አላመጣ የራሱ ጉዳይ!!

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Re: Ethnicity is a social construct

Post by Odie » 06 Jul 2024, 00:07

Noble Amhara wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 22:14
Abiy for the first time has signified his dissapointment with ethnic federalism saying "yebiher bishta" at 0:56 in the video meaning the virus of ethno nationalism spawned by ethnic federalism is a threat to how long he can reign over the ethiopian people.

He needs to realize this tribalism will not sustain him keeping a ticking time bomb in your house is never right!!
FANA TV wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 01:02
It is too late! We thought he could make a real leader by resolving the ethnic crisis once and for all and usher democracy and more. Later many bad things we did not expect happened. I close it here.

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Re: Ethnicity is a social construct

Post by Dama » 06 Jul 2024, 00:18

Odie wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 21:51
Ethnicity, language and race as many other things are social constructs. They cannot be detected by DNA. Semetism, cush, bantu etc are divisions based on language, color, appearance and perhaps culture. Biologically speaking there is no genetic Tigre, gurage, Oromo, Amhara or Somali. Based on DNA people could be to some extent traced to their location where their ancestors lived but not what ethnic they were or what language they spoke.
We can have a bantu or a niloth reared up as Tigre, gurage or amhara. A semite reared up as Oromo. That is why each ethnic in ethiopia has so diverse skin color and appearance. More importantly, since ages immomoriable, the so called cushitic, semitic, bantu and nilots intermingled during different regimes blurring the difference in their color and appearance. Ethiopia as the world knows is a boiling point for color and ethnics. Except in the peripheries, no pure one ethnic could be found. There is no logical or scientific ground for Ethiopia to have a segregated ethnic regions. What people need is a nation like most countries in the world. Ethnic based politics is one system of exploitation where a group it calls itself a specific ethnics attempts to oppress other ethnics and the people to lift itself above others and make its culture the culture of others by force. Like a revolt was necessary to obliterate the feudal system, colonialism and marxist socialist ideology a strong public revolt to remove ethnic based oppression is a must.
Agreed 100%. The only time you are correct I support this message. Also, whatever you want to mete out against Abiy, he deserves it. Gurage will be happy too.

Social constructs language, culture, race and ethnicity are dynamic, constantly changing and evolving slowly but never at rest. There is no way you can tell the DNA of a person from their language or culture.

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