Race

There is no scientific evidence of Race. None. The variance of difference between peoples of the same "race" and people of another "race" is exactly the same. What we think of as "race" is actually a continual spectrum of humanity from black to white and black again. Or to put it in other terms, the difference between two "White people" on the opposite ends of the "race" is greater than the difference between the average "white" person and the average "black" person.

So, if there is no scientific evidence for something we can all clearly see with our eyes, where do these divisive thoughts come from?

Human beings are organizers. I think we've always been. We like to take chaos and create order out of it. As such, we tend to label things or put them into categories. This, no doubt, is a hold over from our most primitive thinking - this item is safe, this one is dangerous. But we've evolved this list of categories and subcategories until we've reached the point where everything has its place and there is a place for everything.

God forbid you should fall outside those categories.

The categories that we choose then have to be mutually agreeable to one another. I call an egg food. But you might call an egg an ornament. We can talk and discuss and agree with one another. We will call an egg food from now on. We agree that eggs are food, not ornaments - even if they can sometimes be used as ornaments. BUUUUTTTTT, those people over there think that eggs are ornaments that can sometimes be used as food. We can't understand why they would think this. We must put those people into a category that includes all people that don't agree with us. People who don't agree with us make us nervous. Nervousness is a sign of danger. Therefore, people who don't agree with us are dangerous.

Our brains are wired this way. 90,000 years later and we still haven't advanced far enough to look not at differences, but similarities to determine categories.

We think eggs are food. You think eggs are ornaments. We both agree that eggs are oval shaped. People who agree with us make us happy. And happy means safety. Therefore, those who agree with us are our friends.

Science has determined that we are all the same. Black, white, red, yellow, green, blue, purple, aquamarine, fuscia, bubblegum pink, lavender, pearl green, copper - we are all part of the same spectrum. You are all humans, just like me. You all breathe air, like me. You all love and hate, like me. You all strive for a better life, like me. You all want to live in peace, like me. You are like me. You agree with this point, no? Therefore, we can be friends.

To truly evolve, all we need to do is make more friends. How hard can that be?