StoneByStone
It's OK to Be White
Race is a myth and skin color is a recent evolutionary product. Why does it matter whether you are light skinned or dark? Does being one or the other make you a better person? Hardly it seems. And most of the Moslems I have met are white. This is not about race, it is about tribalism, my tribe is better thus I can kill you. Seems humans have not strayed very far from their evolutionary roots. We are a young experiment and have a long way to go. If God existed she'd call it all off and start over. lol
Race is not a myth. Black people are genetically and culturally different, and have a different overall experience, from American Indians. You can try to argue that this doesn't matter, but saying Blacks and American Indians are not two different groups based on genetics, culture, and life experience is just crazy.
Whether or not skin color is a recent evolution product, as opposed to an ancient one, is unimportant. Today we look the way we look, we have different experiences and political interests based on how we look.
The reason skin color matters is because it is one of the things that plays a role in the overall experience of a people. The white experience, the black experience, the East Asian experience, skin color is part of all of those.
With the exception of Albanian Muslims and the few white people who convert to Islam, I'd say Muslims aren't white because they are not culturally or ethnically European.
Race is part of tribalism. Humans are a tribalistic species, and that's why we self-segregate.
Saying each ethnic group should have its own country absolutely is NOT saying it's ok to kill people over ethnicity or race. I support all ethnic groups having the right to life and preservation of their genetics, culture, and experience.
You can say humans would be a better species if we weren't tribal. While I don't know if I agree, I'll grant you that it's a fair opinion to have. But regardless of what SHOULD be, we have to deal with what IS.