When I was a pd in a genomics lab, I took notice of these debates on twitter. I was curious to understand why "race" was a term some people were adamant should be recognized in almost all contexts except for genetics. From what I've gleaned, it's because people loath the idea of biological factors setting constraints on personal identity. I get it. The same debate has transformed scientific vernacular wrt. sex/gender. And I'm ok with changing the verbiage to whatever people are comfortable with, and if it adds more precision to what scientists are referencing. The terms do not change what is observed in the lab- People with certain genotypes tend to cluster into very distinct observable phenotypes, with regard to ancestry and sex. For example, here are the first 3 principal components plotted from one of the largest genomic data repos available...