Blue-eyed white people are at higher risk for age-related macular degeneration than their brown-eyed white counterparts. Would you say that means there is some kind of fundamental difference between them?
Except in that case it isn’t genetics, per se. Blue eyes have less pigment to protect the eyes from (mostly sun) damage. Similarly, if you have fairer skin you have a higher risk of skin cancer… there are certainly black identified people with light eyes and/or skin.
Blue-eyed white people are at higher risk for age-related macular degeneration than their brown-eyed white counterparts. Would you say that means there is some kind of fundamental difference between them?
Except in that case it isn’t genetics, per se. Blue eyes have less pigment to protect the eyes from (mostly sun) damage. Similarly, if you have fairer skin you have a higher risk of skin cancer… there are certainly black identified people with light eyes and/or skin.
Yes as always it comes down to a matter of definitions.