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DNA ethnicity testing based on current national borders reinforces an ahistorical view of identity.
Drawn from what Murray Pittock said
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- Murray Pittock Scottish historian and cultural scholar
Unfortunately DNA testing which identifies 'ethnicities' based on current national borders (no-one is ever 38% Burgundian) which appears to be a harmless hobby, reinforces this ahistorical toxin.
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