There is no such thing as “racism”. How can there be when there is only one human
race left on Earth? The only species of
Human left on Earth is Homo sapiens. Race is a biological term from the 19th
century, rarely used today, meaning subspecies.
Since H. sapiens first appeared, at least four races of that species
have come, and three have gone. The
extinct races, or subspecies, are H.
sapiens rhodesiensis, H.
sapiens neandrathalensis, H. sapiens denisova, and H.
sapiens idaltu, with H. sapiens
sapiens (us, i.e. modern Humans) being the sole survivor to claim the title
Human.
So, there is but one race, the Human Race, period. (Edward
James Olmos)
And if there is only one human race, there is no other human
race which the one human race can look down upon, despise, persecute, belittle,
abuse, fear, or hate. In other words,
what most people call racism. Therefore,
racism cannot exist.
Race was a misuse of a scientific category that bigots have
been using for two centuries to give their prejudice a scientific and
intellectual veneer. In practice, however,
when most people, bigoted or not, say “race”, they really mean skin color. As if skin color makes a difference in a
human’s worth.
To give an example of a related practice, the term “anti-Semitism”
was coined by a German bigot against Jews to make his anti-Jewishness seem more
scientific. That, and the fact that “Semite”
also includes Arabs, Samaritans, Ethiopians, Assyrians, and many ethnic groups
long lost to history, is why I used “Judeophobia” instead. In addition, Zionists have overused the term, and done so inappropriately, to push back against legitimate complaints about
the State of Israel’s abuse of Palestinians, other Arabs, Ethiopians, and
noncompliant Jewish ethnic groups, its own “anti-Semitism” as it were.
Since racism is impossible with only one human race, from
now on I shall be using the term “complexionism” instead. Complexionism has previously been used
referring to discrimination within ethnic groups over degree of skin
pigmentation, which is even sillier than discrimination between ethnic groups
over skin color.
Complexionism.
Because that is what it’s all about: skin color. Nothing more. As silly and pathetic as discriminating against other humans over hair color. Or eye color. Or left-handedness. Or ability to roll one's tongue.
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