"...a world where the colour of a person's skin is no more important than the colour of their eyes or their hair." This is exactly it. I'm mixed race (Pakistani/Caucasian) and my wife is full Chinese. I tell my kids their "race" is "the future."
Whenever I talk to anyone, of any background, about race, I encourage them to envision a futur…
"...a world where the colour of a person's skin is no more important than the colour of their eyes or their hair." This is exactly it. I'm mixed race (Pakistani/Caucasian) and my wife is full Chinese. I tell my kids their "race" is "the future."
Whenever I talk to anyone, of any background, about race, I encourage them to envision a future where, no matter who you encounter, you don't load up pre-conceived biases, judgements and stereotypes. As a tribal species, that may be almost impossible. But we should still strive for it.
"As a tribal species, that may be almost impossible. But we should still strive for it."
I agree. Even if it's impossible, I think we should be striving to get as close as we can. But I also really don't believe it's impossible. Speaking for myself, I'd say I actually can be fairly judgemental 😅 but I can honestly say that those judgements are based on the behaviour of the person in front of me and not on a prejudgement of their "race," gender, sexuality etc.
I look for kindness, critical thinking, honesty, (or a lack of these qualities) as markers of a "tribe" that I'm interested in. And I strive to be somebody who is worthy of membership in that tribe.
Also, absolutely love that, "your race is the future," line.
I'm with you 100%. It's how I try to approach everyone as well. It takes work, especially to deconstruct existing stereotypes that are pervasive in the culture. I hope more and more people realize that and embrace it.
Feel free to steal that line! I'll look out for it in a future post. :-)
"...a world where the colour of a person's skin is no more important than the colour of their eyes or their hair." This is exactly it. I'm mixed race (Pakistani/Caucasian) and my wife is full Chinese. I tell my kids their "race" is "the future."
Whenever I talk to anyone, of any background, about race, I encourage them to envision a future where, no matter who you encounter, you don't load up pre-conceived biases, judgements and stereotypes. As a tribal species, that may be almost impossible. But we should still strive for it.
"As a tribal species, that may be almost impossible. But we should still strive for it."
I agree. Even if it's impossible, I think we should be striving to get as close as we can. But I also really don't believe it's impossible. Speaking for myself, I'd say I actually can be fairly judgemental 😅 but I can honestly say that those judgements are based on the behaviour of the person in front of me and not on a prejudgement of their "race," gender, sexuality etc.
I look for kindness, critical thinking, honesty, (or a lack of these qualities) as markers of a "tribe" that I'm interested in. And I strive to be somebody who is worthy of membership in that tribe.
Also, absolutely love that, "your race is the future," line.
I'm with you 100%. It's how I try to approach everyone as well. It takes work, especially to deconstruct existing stereotypes that are pervasive in the culture. I hope more and more people realize that and embrace it.
Feel free to steal that line! I'll look out for it in a future post. :-)