<HTML> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Miles Jackson <cqmv@pdx.edu> -clip-  So science isn't "vitally necessary" for doing away with race. Granted, in our society, science is an effective basis for legitimate authority and, to put it bluntly, propaganda.  People in our society are impressed by "scientists have reported" arguments. In that sense, the biological and social science research is an effective rhetorical tool to undermine race.  However, the science is not a necessary tool. ^^^^^^^^ CB: Yes, but,  but for the scientific refutations, how would we know that race is an invalid biological concept ?</BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>