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    11 months ago

    Guess I’m post-racism because my first thought was “mosquitoes”.

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        11 months ago

        After some research prompted by your comment I think my French/ignorance might be showing, as the correct word would be species.

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          11 months ago

          Is the word for race & species in French the same? Just trying to understand the mix-up!

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            11 months ago

            No I don’t even really have that excuse because we do have the word “espèce” which would be the direct translation of species, but I think in every day language people would use them a bit interchangeably. For example also breeds of dogs we call races.