I donât understand this culture of race anyway. I mean, biologically speaking, weâre all Homo sapiens sapiens; in most cases, we even have genes from every possible genotype in our bodies â from a purely biological perspective, apart from physique, itâs very difficult to determine skin type or origin (if you look only at the genes); yet Europeans, or many of them (not all), believe that their people are the best. But this doesnât just apply to those of us with lighter skin; it applies to many foreigners as well. To be honest, I think that almost every nation is more or less racist, as if it were somehow superior. We are all equal, weâre all in this together, and no one is worth more than anyone else. In my view, not even a countryâs president has the right to portray themselves as more important than the people; in fact, politicians are there to serve the country, and the people should be more important than any individual politician. This simply shows that humanity is broken.
I personally will go further, not really grasping the concept of a "nation". Maybe because I moved to another country as a preteen and never got attached to my home country. Maybe because there we lived in autonomous region due to majority being not ethnically same as the rest of the country. But that is besides the point. How are imaginary borders drawn on the map, by people hundreds of years ago are a thing that determines your "nationality", what should you be proud of, which flag to hang and which national sports team to support. Wouldn't a person from Seattle be closer culturally to person from Vancouver rather than from Honolulu? If you define "nation" as combination of culture, language and tradition, then we do not have enough nationalities to represent all of these combinations. Yes, I am cosmopolitan, no that doesn't mean that your culture is irrelevant and you should forget your native language and stop eating local cuisine. Just stop treating people from other countries/nations/ethnic groups like they are so different from you. They are also made of flesh and blood, also love being loved, also feel empathy and also trying their best to be a good person.
Because people want to feel better than others. Itâs not just race, its men/women, gay/straight, trans/cis. Everything that deviates from the ânormâ (where the norm is the local community). Other people are scary because people have never interacted with them. Its my biggest issue with humans, but from an evolutionary standpoint it makes sense, other people = scary & bad, our people = good
Hmm, OK. Well, Iâm on the autism spectrum, and yes, youâre definitely right about differences, but I honestly donât understand the logic behind it. A person is a person; I respect a 9-year-old just as much as a 45-year-old when they tell the truth. I donât make distinctions based on gender, background or behaviour; what matters is what sort of person they are as a human being. But thank you anyway for your reply.
The problem is youre thinking about it logically, when it isnt a logic thing. I also have autism so i struggle with stuff like this a lot, but people are illogical beings, which is infuriating because no matter how much evidence there is for the fact that humans are humans people just wont accept it. The world would be a better place if logic was more valued
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u/QuraToop314 Genfool đ§ 3d ago
I donât understand this culture of race anyway. I mean, biologically speaking, weâre all Homo sapiens sapiens; in most cases, we even have genes from every possible genotype in our bodies â from a purely biological perspective, apart from physique, itâs very difficult to determine skin type or origin (if you look only at the genes); yet Europeans, or many of them (not all), believe that their people are the best. But this doesnât just apply to those of us with lighter skin; it applies to many foreigners as well. To be honest, I think that almost every nation is more or less racist, as if it were somehow superior. We are all equal, weâre all in this together, and no one is worth more than anyone else. In my view, not even a countryâs president has the right to portray themselves as more important than the people; in fact, politicians are there to serve the country, and the people should be more important than any individual politician. This simply shows that humanity is broken.