David Reich geneticist, Part II

Chief Justice John Roberts famously wrote: "[T]he way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." One can generalize this to: "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of any characteristic (e.g., race, sex, sexual preference, religion, etc.) is to stop discriminating on the basis of that characteristic." I have always held that general statement to be true. But, given David Reich's work, I think I have to modify that statement now: "We should stop discriminating -- except when it is rational to do so." For example, it is rational in the NBA to use height as one discriminating factor, although other discriminating factors can outweigh a low score in height. See Isaiah Thomas.