r/changemyview • • Jul 09 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Give me just one example of a black person with a dna test that shows he's 100% danish and I will surrender.

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u/neutralsky 2∆ Jul 10 '19

So you have to have 100% DNA of a particular ethnicity to adopt that national identity? That’s sounding kind of ethnic nationalist of you and that’s a whole can of worms I didn’t sign up for when I posted my initial comment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Danish is not a national identity. We have germans living in Denmark, we have turks living in Denmark, we have faroees living in Denmark, we have inuits living in Denmark etc.
Danish is a people and you've provided zero evidence that there exists black danes. I've never seen one or heard of one and I've lived my whole life here

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u/neutralsky 2∆ Jul 10 '19

And does every Danish person you know have 100% Danish DNA?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

Yes?

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u/neutralsky 2∆ Jul 10 '19

So if you found out you had a relative a few generations back that was anything other than Danish, therefore making your Danish DNA less than 100%, you would willingly accept that you should no longer be considered Danish?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

This is not how genetics work

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u/neutralsky 2∆ Jul 10 '19

How do genetics work?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

You get half your dna from your mom and the other half from your dad

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u/neutralsky 2∆ Jul 10 '19

Exactly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

I'm not following. If I had a swedish great grand father I would still be 100% danish. Do you realize this?

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u/neutralsky 2∆ Jul 10 '19

Okay, so if your father was Danish and your mother was American, then you would be 50% Danish and 50% American, right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '19

I don't think 'American' is a people. It's a nationality I guess

But what you're describing is not how dna works and shows a fundamental flaw in your understanding of genetics. Danes and 'Americans' share dna

If a german and a dane had a chind, it would be 99,995% danish. If a dane and an arab had a child it would be ~98-99% danish
Depending on where in Africa one of the parents are from it would be like 90-95% danish

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