Nice work. Here's my take on the issue of race. Different races exist and have existed since we collectively dropped out of the trees. Races are different from one another just as males and females are different from each other in every species on the planet. Not all attributes are equal within, nor among any of the races. Physiological equality in nature is a myth as we are all an experiment of one.
"Different" is suspect is likely universal among all species to an extent; no less so than in the races of man. Acceptance or rejection of "different" beyond first contact appears to be a a conscious choice for all. All that is required is for us to quash any innate and learned fear of "different" relative to our fellow hominids, and accept the potential gain there is to be had by what "different" brings to the table and the potential benefits to be had from fusing our best individual attributes into one civil society of many colors.
Always listen to your gut, but choose to accept rather than to reject out of hand because of "different." One choice to be made in support of moving our species through mere survival into thriving. Choose wisely --- evolution is watching.
Lots of high-sounding abstractions and meaningless observations of skin-deep differences among races. But you give it away at the end, advocating"replaced by a new cultural and political hegemony that is aligned with reason, reality, and white interests." Why white interests? Why not everyone's interests, equally valued? Your essay is nothing but racism, corrosive and worthless. The reality is that everyone has equal rights and opportunity before God, so you should not discredit the creation.
Perhaps God was a Scientist who tried more than once to create man before arriving at modern man. Evolution is pure bullshit. Darwin was wrong. A monkey is not my uncle. Give Thsnks to God daily. Amen The extent of Evolution is each generation teaching the next. Nothing more. Nothing less will be successful.
Thank you for providing a well presented and reasoned article.
No observant individual could disagree with the plain truth that racial differences are glaringly apparent.
Johnson equivocates between biological variation and racial categorization
"Equivocation" is a logical fallacy in which one uses a word in two different senses to draw a fallacious conclusion.
Dogs have barks.
Cleopatra had a bark.
Therefore, Cleopatra was a dog.
Obviously I am not doing that.
Hilarious that you write as if I were not in the same "room."
Nice work. Here's my take on the issue of race. Different races exist and have existed since we collectively dropped out of the trees. Races are different from one another just as males and females are different from each other in every species on the planet. Not all attributes are equal within, nor among any of the races. Physiological equality in nature is a myth as we are all an experiment of one.
"Different" is suspect is likely universal among all species to an extent; no less so than in the races of man. Acceptance or rejection of "different" beyond first contact appears to be a a conscious choice for all. All that is required is for us to quash any innate and learned fear of "different" relative to our fellow hominids, and accept the potential gain there is to be had by what "different" brings to the table and the potential benefits to be had from fusing our best individual attributes into one civil society of many colors.
Always listen to your gut, but choose to accept rather than to reject out of hand because of "different." One choice to be made in support of moving our species through mere survival into thriving. Choose wisely --- evolution is watching.
Lots of high-sounding abstractions and meaningless observations of skin-deep differences among races. But you give it away at the end, advocating"replaced by a new cultural and political hegemony that is aligned with reason, reality, and white interests." Why white interests? Why not everyone's interests, equally valued? Your essay is nothing but racism, corrosive and worthless. The reality is that everyone has equal rights and opportunity before God, so you should not discredit the creation.
Perhaps God was a Scientist who tried more than once to create man before arriving at modern man. Evolution is pure bullshit. Darwin was wrong. A monkey is not my uncle. Give Thsnks to God daily. Amen The extent of Evolution is each generation teaching the next. Nothing more. Nothing less will be successful.