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ESSAY 4
THE "RACES" MYTH
There are many races. There are automobile races, boat
races, horse races, dog races, arms races and old-fashioned
foot races. But THERE IS ONLY ONE HUMAN RACE. This is both
biblically and scientifically substantiated.
The simplest anthropological classification of mankind
is (1) Caucasoid, (2) mongoloid, and (3) negroid. Interest-
ingly, dark-skinned people from India are classified as
caucasian. Basically, people are the same and it is difficult
to classify people in racial sub-groups.
Pride can attach itself to insignificant physical
features. Physical features such as differences of skin
color and facial characteristics can serve as excuses to
express hatred toward other groups.
Another basis of foolish pride is family origin. One
friend stated that "Some of my ancestors may have hung from
their necks, but none hung from their tails!" Another
friend announced, "Shake any family tree, and some nuts will
fall out!" We all have some skeletons in the old family
closets, don't we?
What is prejudice? One of my favorite professors defined
it as, "The in-group against the out-group." Some groups
that are singled out are: the deaf, the blind, the physically
or mentally handicapped. Others targeted by hate groups are
those who have a different skin color, those who may believe
differently, those who speak a different language, those who
think differently, those who are young, old, sick, the un-
born, those who are of a lower or higher social order, those
who are rich or poor, men or women, ex-convicts and former
homosexuals.
Hatred can destroy both the one who hates as well as the
one hated. Some with political and monetary aspirations have
fanned the fires of racism and hatred for personal profit.
RACIALISM has reared its ugly head, helping keep racism
alive. George Washington Carver said it well: "I WILL NOT
ALLOW ANYONE TO REDUCE MY SOUL TO THE LEVEL OF HATRED."
It is not correct to call someone prejudiced or a bigot
who condemns criminal or immoral acts. Adultery, sodomy,
lying, murder, stealing and slander are immoral and often are
illegal. To claim status as a minority because one is
immoral or a lawbreaker is to compound one's guilt as a liar.
Get mad at me if it helps you squarely face the truth.
God loves you and so do I!
END