Like the food chain, human society exists on levels that serve higher levels. We know families are the core of a society, for they form communities, which in turn congregate as "tribes" to form a nation that can serve the world.
"Race" is a bit of a social construct, for the only real "race" is the Human Race, and we all share 99% of t…
Like the food chain, human society exists on levels that serve higher levels. We know families are the core of a society, for they form communities, which in turn congregate as "tribes" to form a nation that can serve the world.
"Race" is a bit of a social construct, for the only real "race" is the Human Race, and we all share 99% of the same DNA. It is that 1% difference that determines colors of skin, eyes, hair, etc. Consequent to the "great migration" originating in South Africa that has populated the Earth, those similarities of that 1% have resulted in the major tribal identities of African, West Asian, East Asian/Native American, and European cultures that have migrated to fill the planet. (Australian aboriginal only went that far.)
Unique to North America is the coming together of these migratory tribal cultures. While we should all be working together to form one great nation to serve the world, we are still bickering over the dominance of one tribal identity over another.
Thus, on the form that asks for "race" we should be filling out "Human" - perhaps with a further, and less important, indication of tribal cultural affiliation - African, European, Native American, etc.
Which box do my biracial grandchildren check? Checking the "other" box certainly diminishes the validity of their identity, and checking one of the major tribal boxes then asks them to deny part of their ancestry as insignificant.
Let's overcome these divisive "tribal" labels and work together to form the "e pluribus unum" principle on a national level.
Like the food chain, human society exists on levels that serve higher levels. We know families are the core of a society, for they form communities, which in turn congregate as "tribes" to form a nation that can serve the world.
"Race" is a bit of a social construct, for the only real "race" is the Human Race, and we all share 99% of the same DNA. It is that 1% difference that determines colors of skin, eyes, hair, etc. Consequent to the "great migration" originating in South Africa that has populated the Earth, those similarities of that 1% have resulted in the major tribal identities of African, West Asian, East Asian/Native American, and European cultures that have migrated to fill the planet. (Australian aboriginal only went that far.)
Unique to North America is the coming together of these migratory tribal cultures. While we should all be working together to form one great nation to serve the world, we are still bickering over the dominance of one tribal identity over another.
Thus, on the form that asks for "race" we should be filling out "Human" - perhaps with a further, and less important, indication of tribal cultural affiliation - African, European, Native American, etc.
Which box do my biracial grandchildren check? Checking the "other" box certainly diminishes the validity of their identity, and checking one of the major tribal boxes then asks them to deny part of their ancestry as insignificant.
Let's overcome these divisive "tribal" labels and work together to form the "e pluribus unum" principle on a national level.