Steve, I've been reading genetics technical journals on this topic nonstop for two and a half years, and NOBODY uses race. It's always population. Even worse, I decided that there's good reason for it. https://t.co/LcBdvlvrQy — Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) April 1, 2019

Sure, but those are geneticists using “population” as a euphemism for “race.”

Who else uses “population” to mean “race?”

The Census Bureau? SPLC? NYT? Supreme Court? The Obama Administration?

Instead, they all use “race” to mean people who share ancestral ties, and “population” to mean “total number of residents,” with virtually zero overlap in usage, except in the genetics reporting.

Establishment articles about “the population problem” often mention the name Thomas Malthus, while articles about “the race problem” mention Emmett Till.

For example, if I search on the New York Times’ website for its most relevant articles on “population,” I get back:

Showing 210,136 results for:population Sort by Relevance Times Topics: Population News about population, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Image OPINION As Population Growth Slows, Populism Surges As rural areas shrink, they are turning to politicians who promise to restore the stature of “common people.” By Philip Auerswald and Joon Yun May 22, 2018 Image ASIA PACIFIC China’s Looming Crisis: A Shrinking Population Decades of “one child” policy, a declining birth rate and an increase in life expectancy add up to fewer young workers able to support a huge and aging population. Jan. 17 Image T BRAND Population Increases to Nearly 1.4 Billion, but Number of Births Falls Continued decline bears out predictions by population experts. Jan. 30 Image SUNDAY REVIEW Remember the Population Bomb? It’s Still Ticking Across Africa and much of the Third World, economic development has not kept pace with soaring populations. By Eugene Linden June 15, 2017

In contrast, searching the NYT for “race” brings back: Showing 354,727 results for:race Search Sort by Relevance

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Sort by Oldest Times Topics: Race News about race, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Image U.S. Joyful Headlines About Race and Equality A few stories about race, from the many we published, that are worth celebrating. Dec. 31, 2018 Image U.S. 7 Powerful Stories About Race from 2018 Race/Related is a newsletter focused on news, identity and culture, with provocative stories from around The Times. Dec. 22, 2018 Image U.S. ‘You’re Not Supposed to Betray Your Race’: The Challenge Faced by Black Women Accusing Black Men Meredith Watson, a black woman who has accused Virginia’s black lieutenant governor of sexual assault, says some of her toughest critics have been African-Americans. March 22 Image THEATER Director Quits ‘All My Sons’ Amid Dispute Over Cast’s Racial Makeup A Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play has become entangled in a disagreement over the races of actors in key roles. Dec. 19, 2018

Likewise, here’s an article in today’s The Atlantic, which uses “race” rather than “population:”

White Terrorists Give Political Cover to Other Americans’ Prejudices The racial fears motivating white-nationalist killers are more widely shared than mainstream Americans would prefer to admit. 12:14 PM ET Ibram X. Kendi

Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University … To portray white terrorism as an outlier is to ignore America’s entire racial history, not to mention its present. … The myth of the crazy white loner provides cover for one’s own racist views. I’m not racist, because I don’t mass murder people. The simple story line that Trump’s rhetoric alone has radicalized such people to the point of violence provides cover as well. It imprints Trump on the other side of the denial coin as Barack Obama. I’m not racist, because I don’t support Trump, people can say now—just as they used to say, I’m not racist, because I supported Obama. No talk, then or now, of confessing one’s racism and striving to be anti-racist. In singling out the president as the embodiment of racism, Democrats (and Never Trump Republicans) can minimize how they share the same racist fears that radicalize white nationalists. Americans across the political spectrum clutch their purses and wallets as black pedestrians approach on the streets.

Now, obviously, it’s clear why late 20th century students of racial genetics like the late L.L. Cavalli-Sforza chose to rebrand their field as “population genetics,” but it’s also worth noting that this ploy has picked up zero traction outside of STEM, not even in Woke Academia.

By the way, here’s the cover of Cavalli-Sforza’s big 1994 book The History and Geography of Human Genes, along with his explanation of it: