Archive for March 9th, 2005

Why Tannish?

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

I’m tannish, what color are you?

Wait! Before you go off, consider this: our concept of race is wrong. There is only one race, and its first name is Human. White, Black, Red and Yellow are just colors. To use colors to denote genetic traits is belittling, inaccurate, divisive and crude. I, for one, know I can mate with and produce children with any female on this planet fool enough to partake. From Central Africa, Southeast Asia, the Amazon Basin or Western Europe, anyone can meet, mate and perpetuate the species with anyone, provided requisite genders are represented. So how are we different? I look at people everyday, and I see a infinite spectrum of tannish people, all living lives full of vibrant color and infinite possibility. The old school way of thinking of “people of color” is dying; we’re all the same color. Grouping people as minorities is becomes meaningless if you look upon humanity as a whole and see it for what it is: an endless variation of genetic possibilities within a framework of common functions.
That’s what a person is, that’s what humanity is – it’s tannish!