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serenissi@lemmy.world 1 day agoNot necessarily. Ethnic diversity is higher in US than in Indonesia.
I’m confused. Wouldn’t that support the theory?
If lower in ethnic diversity and native Indonesians are naturally short than Indonesia would be shorter on average. Whereas the US, being such a melting pot, would have a greater range of heights bringing the overall average down, right?
If anything it says with increasing diversity height gets closer to global average which seems pretty reasonable.
Isn’t global male height supposed to be about 5’ 7" on average? The closest to that on the graph is the US, which has a very diverse population.
I’m still not understanding your original comment “Not necessarily. Ethnic diversity is higher in US than in Indonesia.”
It seems like you’re saying ethnic diversity isn’t necessarily a consideration in why the heights of the UK and US are where they are but then support the theory with the next sentence pointing out the ethnic diversity of the US.
The original comment says in NL height is more cause lack of diversity. J meant that’s not necessarily the case (ie lack of diversity =/=> taller).
breecher@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
shit Americans say.
Source
Soulg@ani.social 1 day ago
Pointing out the number for one country and not the other doesn’t demonstrate anything.
I looked it up and it does seem that there’s more diversity in Indonesia than in the US, according to [this](List of countries by ethnic and cultural diversity level - Wikipedia share.google/FjsTKS2646pSzXJnc) Wikipedia article. Hopefully next time we can share information without being hostile. :)
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ethnicity: the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
That doesn’t mean they have 600 genetic lineages.