Bill Nye: "There's No Such Thing as Race"

In case you missed it from earlier this week, Bill Nye visited Big Think to discuss dog evolution and what it teaches us about race.
10 January, 2015

In case you missed it from earlier this week, Bill Nye visited Big Think to discuss dog evolution and what it teaches us about race. Always one to instill words of wisdom, Nye talks about the lessons he learned while writing his new book, Undeniable:


His final words ring especially true:

"There really is, for humankind there’s really no such thing as race. There’s different tribes but not different races. We’re all one species."

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