Pink Triangle (whatcameforth) wrote, @ 2004-02-24 22:06:00

Current mood:	blah
Current music:	Millencolin-The Ballad

Permit me to flaunt my opinions
So I just wasted two hours of my life. Actually it wasn't a waste, some of it was very interesting, but the whole "God Bless us all" and the way they kept going on at the end was so tedious, repetetive and unnecessary. I thought it would be related more to our own issue of racism in our school, not just general racism. Which isn't even what we talked about. I was really confused by the end about what we were actually supposed to have gotten out of it. Because I didn't even agree with the main idea that was presented, which was that there is only one race in the world, the human race. That's much too idealistic. It might be nice to think that way, that we're all one and we should just get along, but in actuality, there will always be differences that separate us. When I was having my dialogue with Bianca, we decided that race wasn't by country, it wasn't by skin color, it wasn't even necessarily by religion. We decided that a race is defined by what you believe in and the group of people who shares that same belief as a whole. Not little things; not like, I believe in gravity, or I believe in the healing power of chicken noodle soup. But what God you worship, or what leader you follow, or what cause you think is right. We talked about the German Nazis; we're all white, but we don't want to be considered part of the same group as them because we don't believe in the same sadistic things that they stood for. So while they are, technically "white" they are also called the Aryan race, a different group of people from us. Even by that definition, there is no clear line that separates humans. But you cannot simply say that we are all one race. This world of people is much too diverse to fit so neatly into one category. Jesse, or whatever his name is, was giving this long speech about why we are all the same race and he was talking about blood types and procreation and he wasn't defining race, he was defining species. Yes, we are all one species, that is a well-established fact. But we are all very differenct culturally and it is that culture or system of beliefs that you abide by that separate you from others.

	tawney 2004-02-26 01:37 (link)
	D00d. I would call you, but I don't have your number. Filming after school on Friday. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	whatcameforth 2004-02-26 01:47 (link)
	In case you care, it's 463-4498. And I'm all prepared for Friday, filming is the top priority of the day. Sort of. Yeah. Cool. Night. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: tawney 2004-02-26 01:55 (link)
	Awesome, thanks yo. I'm s00per excited to tha max. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)