#101
TimArends said: ↑This may not be what you want to hear and may not be what others think, but yes, race does matter. It matters in all countries, no matter what they may say. It matters to all people.
Why? Well think of how the various races began. They began because people started separating themselves. Eventually the different races evolved.
So you could say that the various races, that diversity itself, arose because of "racism. If there were no "racism," the different races would not be here. They would all have mixed and intermingled long ago.
So, from this viewpoint, if you love and celebrate diversity, you should to some degree celebrate the race consciousness that brought it about.
I know this is a nonconformist and maybe controversial point of view, but I think it is true.
This is a point of view you may have never heard before. Most people think of "racism" as an unalloyed evil. In fact the word was originally coined to mean something bad.
Don't get me wrong, I do not condone ruder nasty or or hateful or insulting behavior in any way shape or form. I think Singapore is a fascinating and remarkable country, even though I have never been there. (Perhaps I will visit someday).
But the simple fact is that people do tend to segregate by race, and I suspect they always will. Japan wants to keep itself Japanese. They do not allow a large number of immigrants. They are robotizing their society to keep this from happening. they would rather have robots taking care of the sick and elderly than bring in immigrants. Israel has the same attitude. So do most other countries.
What offends me is that Western European derived nations are the only ones that are called racist because they do not want to be overwhelmed by immigrants. I think this is just plain wrong.
I will say that you should feel free to attend university in another country if you can afford it. Universities have a more liberal minded attitude and accept people from various countries. Many foreign exchange students go back to their home country after they have completed their education anyway. Also, In all honesty, universities are moneymaking institutions, and the color they care about the most is green.
In conclusion, I will say that "racism" is a part of human nature and it will always be with us, and it is in fact the reason different races are here in the first place.
People separate themselves for any number of different reasons, many of which has nothing to do with 'racism'. They could be migrating simply to explore new lands to map the world, because their own dwelling places are overcrowded... and so on...
They may also do it out of some other unpleasant reasons. But whatever it is, there's no reason to repeat whatever our ancestors did unless their actions are moral and beneficial. I don't believe "racism" is natural in any way. If it is, it's in the same class as other damaging parts of human nature. The ones that make us behave less than human at times.
If our ancestors separated themselves into different races, I don't think we should celebrate 'racism'. We should instead celebrate our diversity. We are different so that we can get to know one another.
