Unfortunately, Virtually Everybody is Racist.
HERE IS A PROJECT:
Look at the above picture. Take a minute for real. Be honest with yourself. What do you see? What did you look at to determine that? Why?
I've broached this topic on numerous occasions, and just like many before it, it comes to roost over time, and I go from insane to making complete sense years later. Joe Rogan is the latest target in a social situation on "race". The issue is that the list ends when it shouldn't. Prior, we had Hulk Hogan, and Roseanne. Numerous celebrities have come under fire. What I want to discuss here is the fact that Teddy Atlas said something by accident that was deeper than anything I've heard from people in recent history. He said on his podcast, "Race has been a blight on humanity." He meant to say racism, but his mistake was actually far more correct.
Remember a few years ago, there was a woman named Rachel Dolezal, who worked with the NAACP, and came under fire for posing/passing as "black". She was removed from her position or resigned, which I can't remember. The entire community was outraged, and she was basically labeled as either a racist, or race baitor, or at times racially insensitive. She made a comment to the effect of "Humans made race." Those weren't her exact words, but she drove home a similar point that Teddy did, and was further roasted for it afterward. The fact is that humans did create the concept of racial separations at some point in history, and washed away the truth of a single common ancestor.
Today even in 2022, with how progressive everyone likes to think they are, virtually everyone does the same paper bag test that was done in the early 19th and 20th century. The deception is the fact that we assume only a few seedy people in society do it, when that is far from the truth. I was watching a drama series the other day, along with other programs, and when I paid attention, I noticed how in media, whenever a character falls to the black side of the paper bag spectrum, they assume the general hard label of a black- either male or female. When they fall anywhere over the other side of the spectrum, the label becomes regionally based on country or part of country. Also, at that point, many races begin to vacillate between a middle, and being absorbed into "white". I find it interesting, because it isn't just in cinema. It is in everyday life. When you see someone, if you are honest with yourself, you pass a silent algorithm over them that includes culture, visible skin color classification, and status in society, that makes you decide on their classification falling into one of two categories. If they are of low status, the paper back constraints tighten, and if they fall to far to the dark side of the spectrum, they are cast down with the "blacks." If they are of social status, the paper bag algorithm expands, and unless far to the "black" side, they are up for consideration of being classified more specifically according to region, and are granted access to the "white" side, with any caucasian affiliations accentuated. Not to say there isn't a very small minority- pardon the pun, that aren't prisoner to this mindset, as I have met some. It isn't common. I personally do not fall into this thinking because I've educated myself not only on race, but on humanity's genetic roots.
One of the comments that Joe Rogan made was that it is physically inaccurate to call anyone "black" or "white" for that matter because it's scientifically inaccurate. That's true point, but it underscores the fact that this paper bag test that everybody does, doesn't give nearly the information you all tell yourselves it does. When it comes to racial education or genetics, most are scared to even dare dive into the subject, but it's actually very interesting. I've brought this out before, but one thing I notice is that there is a great deal of white lust and black fear. I never really noticed until recent times how much fear plays a part. Of course you have stereotypes in so many cases, but there is a heavy marginalization that takes place the minute the moniker of "black" is introduced. It's a sea of mystery, where every extreme nightmare is realized. And with that comes avoidance. When the moment of sympathy calls for it, so many cultures get in touch with their blackness and how oppressed they are. When the novelty has passed, a mad dash is made back to "whiteness."
There was a study on some Indonesian cultures and other cultures from Pacific Islanders and even other regions of the earth, where they found out that those people shared African Ancestry with Africans as far back as they were able to go. They were puzzled because of their intrenched preconceptions. This fact was true before they discovered it. I could take 35 years to accept that the sky is above me. It doesn't become so at that point, even if I'm 9 billion people.
The thing is that I'm not trying to argue everything coming from one race or another. The argument is that the concept is imaginary period. We all have this imagery of the progressive world moving about and making great strides in all fields, and that imagery is tied to "white." Outside of that, in a little crevice of the African Continent, what composes the "black" race, were merely percolating in place and having no real part in history. Then some who are more conscious of the truth, take it to an extreme of complete "blackness." In those times, there were no separations made, splitting a black and white line down the middle, and fighting to pull recruits over to a side. That is a new-world, idiotic, yet "progressive" concept. In truth, it is accurate to say that the assumption that the individuals that took part in activities in what is the mediterranean region today, which is where much of early history took place, were all or mostly of fair skin, is completely false and scientifically impossible due to the natural climate, region and the historical evidence which is still present today. But that's not make an argument to a particular side. The fact is that the entire concept of race has only served to be a weapon.
Personally, I never knew how racially stupid people in general were until recently. Being racially ignorant is just as dangerous as being racist. And the point is you should be non-racial, bottom line. Even drawing from personal experience, I've gotten amusement out of watching the wild assumptions that people draw about me when they run their silent algorithm. It's to the point where I don't elaborate on myself, because it's clear that even in explaining, their understanding is so poor, it wouldn't move one bit. That's why it's a topic I don't even discuss with people. In the end, before finding the next Joe Rogan, find the current YOU, and change it.
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