Not to be a drama queen, but, I identify with this quote.

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[–]Wanga 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Emperor Haile Selassie I:

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; That until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Well racism has been a political tool of convenience. It was implemented to divide segments of the population and constrain certain bureaucratic administrative processes through centralized control from higher business and military-political functions.

Unfortunately, it never solved our real problems so we face the inconvenience of conveniences at this point. But the strong shall see the convenience of inconveniences! Welcome to the falling out.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Well racism has been a political tool of convenience.

Well said. They practice divide-and-conquer of every form that they can, religious, by age, by gender, everything. Race just happens to be the most potent of the divide-and-conquers because it's easy to visually identify and cannot be hidden. So they spend a lot of time making sure people care about it. Their worst nightmare is for race to be irrelevant

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Except the real nightmare is the waste of energy from racism and totalitarian divisions; vs. utilizing that energy towards research and development in bypassing physical constraints- such as race and genetics.

The future generations would deserve the latter, not the former. A couple of generations under strict racism and everyone ends up missing out due to the lack luster discoveries maintaining only that status quo.

[–]Wanga 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree