(September 15, 2015 at 10:26 pm)Losty Wrote: Is Asian a race? Because I thought Asians were white too...
Asia is a continent. Asians come in all colors. But the dark ones aren't allowed to come to the United States. I don't know if they're allowed to go to Europe or Africa. Bebe Moore Campbell (or it might have been Bell Hooks) referred to them as "honorary White people."
This raises the question of what exactly is race? There are no characteristics unique to any people by which to categorize them into separate races. Indians have very dark skin but very straight hair. Some Africans have naturally blue eyes and/or blond hair. Because of my poor eyesight, I sometimes am unsure am I looking at a light-skinned Black person or a swarthy White person. Then I realize that it doesn't matter.
And me: Well, at a family reunion, it was discovered that we are direct descendants of General Robert E. Lee. What the fuck am I supposed to do, pay myself reparations? I got up, looked in the mirror and apologized to myself. Just talking about race as a definite reality is too mixed up crazy.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
