January 9, 2009

  • Does Racism exist?

    Obviously hate exists...people hate others for the mere fact that they are white or black or Asian or what have you.. But I always want to ask the question - WHY is that hate there? In reality, we're all not that different. Race objectively doesn't matter. If one were to think about it for a single minute, they would realize that it's incredibly stupid. So why does it matter?

    I am always reminded of the Dr. Seuss story about the Sneetches, who discriminate against the other Sneetches who don't have stars on their bellies. Then the man comes around and gives those who had stars originally the opportunity to take their stars off, providing another channel for discrimination. And it continues on and on, as the Sneetches keep needing another way to discriminate. Of course, being a Dr. Seuss story, eventually they all learn that it's meaningless and live happily ever after. However, I would like you to consider how it would have gone down had they not been Sneetches, but instead humans.

    I believe that if ALL humans were the same color, discrimination would still exist because some human beings just want to be evil. When white cops shoot down an innocent black man, my first thought is not that it was a racist act - my first thought is that it was an evil act done by evil men. And I submit to you all that if everyone in the world was the same color, those same cops would have killed that same man because those particular human beings are evil. And evil people do evil things.

    So in reality, racism does not exist. Yes, we call it racism, anti-semetism, bigotry, xenophobia, etc., but in reality it all boils down to one principle - some people just want to hate other people, for no other reason than that they want to hate. I think focusing on 'racism' or 'anti-semetism' or any of the other words we use for discrimination is silly, because it's all the same thing - hate. Focusing on calling it racism just divides us even further. If we would all just recognize that it's just that some people want to hate others, no matter the reason, I think a lot of our racial problems would cease to exist.