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[–]aukofthecovenantWhite man with eyes 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

For example, what if you could take a White Man's brain and put it directly in the body of a Black? Would this new person be considered racially White, despite looking completely black on the outside, but carries White genomes on the inside?

Even assuming that endocrine differences don't matter (same testosterone secretion, for example), probably not. The instinct of using appearance to determine group membership is probably too strong. I know black people who act very white, and they don't consider themselves at all white (why would they?) and neither do I. Black-white hybrids tend to self-identify as black even though presumably their brains are already half-white. I would expect one of these hypothetical people to think of himself as "a different kind of black man" rather than "a white man in a black man's body".

Assuming science in the future becomes even more powerful, could the key to White preservation come in the form of "race transplants"? For example, what if you could take a White Man's brain and put it directly in the body of a Black?

This doesn't really address the numbers problem, since it won't increase the number of white people.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Even assuming that endocrine differences don't matter (same testosterone secretion, for example), probably not. The instinct of using appearance to determine group membership is probably too strong. I know black people who act very white, and they don't consider themselves at all white (why would they?) and neither do I. Black-white hybrids tend to self-identify as black even though presumably their brains are already half-white. I would expect one of these hypothetical people to think of himself as "a different kind of black man" rather than "a white man in a black man's body".

The biggest barrier is those black people are forced to be black for the rest of their lives. For example, they can act White, but they can't produce White or European offspring.

If you have a White brain but another race's body, you serve as the opposite example. You could behave black, but your children will still be White.

This doesn't really address the numbers problem, since it won't increase the number of white people.

I have scenarios for this:

  1. White people who could have contributed to society but are held back by disabilities, can be given new bodies to be productive again.

  2. Or the complete inverse. Non-whites who wish to elevate themselves or be apart of White civilization can get elective surgery that makes them White on the inside.

  3. White organs can be grown in a lab and both groups in examples 1 and 2 can accept donations to re-enter society as a complete person again.

[–]aukofthecovenantWhite man with eyes 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I see you edited your original post. Maybe I missed it the first time, but I don't recall you mentioning genetic alterations - "carrying White genomes on the inside". Really the answer to your question depends on whether we're talking about brain transplants or genetic alterations. If the former, see my original comment. If the latter, then you're able to alter a person's genetics to give them a White brain, so why not go the extra centimeter and make them look White as well?

I have scenarios for this...

Sure, I guess. Though I don't see the purpose in veering so far into the hypothetical when natural reproduction is so straightforward.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sure, I guess. Though I don't see the purpose in veering so far into the hypothetical when natural reproduction is so straightforward.

If we do reach a point where designer bodies/organs are possible, then that's theoretically better than reproduction? Especially as a means of preserving current populations or modifying them in case they do get sick.

If the latter, then you're able to alter a person's genetics to give them a White brain, so why not go the extra centimeter and make them look White as well?

I don't disagree with this. That could very well be the end goal of this research.