There is no white
race. Somebody just made it up. It’s a huge umbrella of cultures
from Europe and other parts of the world. But, I often wonder, does a
person who throws themselves under the umbrella of “white” in
some way take credit for the accomplishments of someone like Bill
Gates, Elon Musk, or Steve Jobs?
Do they say to
themselves. “Yes, that’s one of us/I’m one of them”. Meanwhile, they look at someone from a minority group and say “Oh,
look at them. They’re not one of us. If only they had an Elon
Musk.”
You can pick and
choose who’s “white”. You can decide to exclude Hitler, but
include Carl Sagan into the identity narrative. Exclude Stalin, but include Einstein. However,
when you’re “Black” in America you don’t have the option of
opting out, or being opted out. You wake up that way, and only that way.
Racism in America is
ultimately about how people look.
And, there are
college educated people who will say about discrimination “But,
it’s always been that way.” To which I satirically ask “So,
then let’s continue to be that way?”
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There is little room for critical conversations. Few people want to tread into a conversation with an open mind entertaining the possibility to change their minds.
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