On: A Jewish Woman’s Appeal of Murder in Thirteenth-Century England

[golergka]

> Extended family is a tighter group than any group based on physical resemblance.

Exactly. And in a traditional society, you can be pretty much sure that your extended family is of your race.

[maxerickson → golergka]

My point is that the generalization from a real in group of people that look like you (extended family) to the group of people that look like you, is not really a useful thing to do, it mistakes the superficial information (similar appearance) for useful information.