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Racism vs Ethnism

Setting the parameters of the paradigm

By Rodney Matthew MillerPublished about 24 hours ago 3 min read
Racism vs Ethnism
Photo by Logan Gutierrez on Unsplash

Charles spent his life researching biology. created a system King Philip Came Over For Green Spaghetti. at least that is how I remember it. its actually Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. I reference Charles Darwin because he defined the ten fingered and ten toed person as the Homo Sapien; In laymen terms the Human Race. I asked myself as a Social Scientist why multiple races is embraced by the masses particularly in America. simply put its those that shape our perceptions through the our history as a country. we down play the victories of humanity like Emancipation, Scientific discoveries, and Government orders. Scientific discoveries like Hemoglobin that is found in every human being and a necessary fluid in the operating room. Charles Drew discovered Hemoglobin but need it from A "Whites only" hospital. Being of mixed "race" he did not get what he discovered because of his light beige skin complexion. former President Dwight Eisenhower ;because of situations like this decided to intergrate schools. Hence Government order to correct the failed policy of the south at that time. today we as African Americans have embraced Black as a defining factor which is what the fascist want. We have embraced the construct of racism which to exist requires mutiple races which is a falacy. there is only one race the Human Race the rest of our differences are a result of the varying Ethnicities of our Human Race. there are two main forms of Ethnicity. Physical Ethnicity and Social Ethnicity. In this piece i will address the structuring of the "race" paradigm and how we change the conversation.

Identifying the problem.

During my college years I was asked to fill out a survey about the designation of my physical ethnicity. white was one designation. ok that's fine. black was another designation. alright that's fine. then I was sure the next was mixed race and then those with asiatic eyes. that is not what I found next. what I found is a social ethnicity that is Latin and the colourism breakdown of the latin community. this shows a direct problem with how we associate our complexions with our social ethnicity. I can accept that due to foundational geographic location there begat a direct link to our physical and social ethnicities. Simply due to evolution; detailed by Charles Darwin; that state our social and physical ethnicities are from a common ancestry. An ancestry that dates all the way back to pangea before the continental drifts the Garden of Eden essentially. this is the explanation of the problem with "Race" the pluralism of American society to keep the chains on the minds of Americans. where do these things show in our community CRT being taught to the children, ascribing to Colored with the NAACP even in our relationships when we say interracial relationships between our various ethnicities.

Solutions to the Problem

Our culture as African Americans needs to change. Examples it should be the NAAPC National Association for the Advancement of People of Color. formerly known as the NAACP. Instead of CRT Critical Race Theory, base the education of the future on humanity and the facts of our Ethnicities. Lastly, our interethnic relationships are recognized and intraracial relationships not interracial.

Conclusion

this was a tough topic for alot of people because of the sensitive nature of addressing "race" when the fascist are the governace of our country right now. We have to accept some blame because we Ascribed to their conversation and it has come back on us as an ethnicity apart of the USA.

humanity

About the Creator

Rodney Matthew Miller

Well, I'm just your average Joe. Often drinking a cup of one. born and raised in upstate New York.

work as a cook part-time. hoping I could make a little money writing shorts. my age 52 years of age

still single and college educated

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