21st July 2010, 3:54 PM
The thing is, we used skin color as the arbitrary measuring stick for so long that we forget how utterly arbitrary it really is. On a purely fundamental level, discrimination based on skin color is no different than discrimination based on height, eye color, the shape of one's hands, or any number of physical characteristics tied entirely to what numbers you draw in the genetic lottery. Skin color is not special. One color is not different in any manner relevant to independent human function.
It should be society's goal to emphasize this as strongly as possible. Making racism out to be evil is not as important as making it socially irrelevant, leading to a world where, one day, the word 'nigger' is an archaic term with no meaning, and if someone says it, nobody cares because it has no power to impact anyone.
It should be society's goal to emphasize this as strongly as possible. Making racism out to be evil is not as important as making it socially irrelevant, leading to a world where, one day, the word 'nigger' is an archaic term with no meaning, and if someone says it, nobody cares because it has no power to impact anyone.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR