Don't Think With Your Skin

Now we're going to talk about race relations because call me an egomaniac, but I think I'm one of the few people who have a good idea of how they should work.  Now first let's go over how most people see race relations, most people see it as, "try your hardest not to be racist because racism is bad."  That idea is a on the right track, but it doesn't exactly hit its mark.  To truly not be racist, you have to embrace —the good ideology of not identifying yourself or others by the color of their skin— instead of the bad and different ideology of thinking that: —everyone with a different skin color from yours— is a good person because if you think otherwise then it makes you racist.

Let me explain, I'm white, but I don't identify as a white person.  This is ONLY because I DON'T THINK THAT MY SKIN COLOR AFFECTS MY PERSONALITY AT ALL.  I am not the best of people and at times I can be a jackass, but when I am a jackass, I'm not a jackass because I'm white; I'm a jackass because of Asperger's Syndrome or because of the situation I'm in or —another reason that has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT I'M WHITE.—  Same thing if I was black, if I was black, I'D BE JUST AS MUCH AS A JACKASS AND IT WOULD STILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLOR OF MY SKIN.

Now let's say for the sake of argument (this is only a hypothetical scenario and not necessarily an accurate representation of any population statistics) that 90% of the population consisted of white PEOPLE and that 10% consisted of black PEOPLE.  If 10% of PEOPLE are black and 90% of PEOPLE are white, —100% of those PEOPLE— are PEOPLE.

Now let's say for the sake of argument (this is only a hypothetical scenario and not necessarily an accurate representation of any population statistics) that __% of the population are PEOPLE are black and the rest are white PEOPLE.  That's not a typo, I've left that number out because: what matters is that in this scenario, everyone is either a white PERSON or a black PERSON, and all of them are PEOPLE.  So no matter what the population statistics are, IT CONSISTS OF 100% PEOPLE.

So why did I go into a big speech about this simple logic?  To remind everyone that your race doesn't define you, you should choose what you want to be like based on your desires on what you want to be like.  If you're a white musician, you don't have to sing country, but you should if you want; if you're a black musician you don't have to sing hip hop, but you should if you want.  And if that last sentence sounds racist, that's because it's supposed to expose the problems behind —the idea of having the moral obligation to sacrifice your identity to avoid feeling like you're enforcing a racial stereotype.—  That's not the right way to think of it; you should do what you want and not try to enforce or try to avoid enforcing racial stereotypes.  Also, don't assume —whether or not people are enforcing or trying to avoid enforcing racial stereotypes— by their actions.  A lot of people happen to coincidentally like doing things that coincide with stereotypes of their race and there's nothing wrong with that.

In closing, I want to say that people should do what they like to do and not define themselves or be defined by the color of their skin.  Remember, you're the same person no matter what color your skin is.  So don't let others use your skin color to define how you should be, only let morals and hopefully good morals define who you are.