I hate it when Jews or Muslims or Buddhists or Hindus accuse me of being a bigot when I tell them a religion is not a race.
No human picks where they are born, nor can they chose their skin tone or facial features. But one can grow to think and say, "What I was sold as far as claims no longer makes sense to me."
I am a staunch liberal, but have been called bigoted by all those groups above.
If a religion were a race, then explain Sammy Davis Jr being a Jew. If Buddhism were a race, explain Richard Gere? If Hindu were a race then why can I find atheist websites rooted in India run by atheists born in India? If Catholic were a race, then they should all be Irish or Italian.
Our social norms are based on geography, and while racism does exist, it is an artificial construct. Our social norms do change because humans have always migrated and mixed.
It is possible to be a former Jew, or former Buddhist or former Hindu just like one can ditch Christianity or Islam. Just like it is physically possible for a Christian to marry a Muslim, or a Buddhist to marry an atheist. Just like it is possible for a black person to marry a white person.
One of the biggest things that pisses me off about the needless conflict between Jews and Muslims is that if THE MAJORITY on both sides took DNA tests they'd both find out that they have more common ancestors who lived in that region prior to either religion existing.
No human picks where they are born, nor can they chose their skin tone or facial features. But one can grow to think and say, "What I was sold as far as claims no longer makes sense to me."
I am a staunch liberal, but have been called bigoted by all those groups above.
If a religion were a race, then explain Sammy Davis Jr being a Jew. If Buddhism were a race, explain Richard Gere? If Hindu were a race then why can I find atheist websites rooted in India run by atheists born in India? If Catholic were a race, then they should all be Irish or Italian.
Our social norms are based on geography, and while racism does exist, it is an artificial construct. Our social norms do change because humans have always migrated and mixed.
It is possible to be a former Jew, or former Buddhist or former Hindu just like one can ditch Christianity or Islam. Just like it is physically possible for a Christian to marry a Muslim, or a Buddhist to marry an atheist. Just like it is possible for a black person to marry a white person.
One of the biggest things that pisses me off about the needless conflict between Jews and Muslims is that if THE MAJORITY on both sides took DNA tests they'd both find out that they have more common ancestors who lived in that region prior to either religion existing.
