"I could count on the fingers of both hands the number of Medium writers who would even understand, much less internalize, these ideas."
Yeah, I don't usually go too hard on the idea that race doesn't exist precisely because I know how strongly it conflicts with what most people have been taught to think. Popular culture spends so much ti…
"I could count on the fingers of both hands the number of Medium writers who would even understand, much less internalize, these ideas."
Yeah, I don't usually go too hard on the idea that race doesn't exist precisely because I know how strongly it conflicts with what most people have been taught to think. Popular culture spends so much time subtly and not-so-subtly dividing people into "blacks" and "whites" that it's not easy for some people to think outside those boxes.
In fact, J had already acknowledged that race isn't real in an earlier part the conversation. He just couldn't see how much the idea still dominated his thinking. And yes, today, "race consciousness" is reaching heights not seen since Jim Crow, all in the name of "anti-racism." It's incredibly frustrating.
The level that most people can wrap their heads around is that skin colour doesn't (or at least shouldn't) matter. So that's generally where I pitch things. It would be nice if more people fully understood *why* it doesn't matter, but changes in thinking always happen slowly.
This is fascinating. The first European humans had the same appearance as Africans. Lack of Vitamin D in early agricultural diets in Europe led to selection pressure for whiter skin. This is all really new stuff.
"I could count on the fingers of both hands the number of Medium writers who would even understand, much less internalize, these ideas."
Yeah, I don't usually go too hard on the idea that race doesn't exist precisely because I know how strongly it conflicts with what most people have been taught to think. Popular culture spends so much time subtly and not-so-subtly dividing people into "blacks" and "whites" that it's not easy for some people to think outside those boxes.
In fact, J had already acknowledged that race isn't real in an earlier part the conversation. He just couldn't see how much the idea still dominated his thinking. And yes, today, "race consciousness" is reaching heights not seen since Jim Crow, all in the name of "anti-racism." It's incredibly frustrating.
The level that most people can wrap their heads around is that skin colour doesn't (or at least shouldn't) matter. So that's generally where I pitch things. It would be nice if more people fully understood *why* it doesn't matter, but changes in thinking always happen slowly.
https://medium.com/alternative-perspectives/a-deep-history-of-white-people-daa3587148d
This is fascinating. The first European humans had the same appearance as Africans. Lack of Vitamin D in early agricultural diets in Europe led to selection pressure for whiter skin. This is all really new stuff.