Race & Ethnicity

And that is from where our xenophobia stems. We are overcoming it gradually. Too gradually f/ our own good, but gettin there. But some never will and they'll pass on to their kids their fear. Some of those kids will realize the fallacy & futility. And progress is made.

But we are tribal and cherish our roots -- our generational family. Alex Haley's search was praised. Why shouldn't we search fn our Irish, French, Polish, Asian, Polynesian roots? For if we search long enough, and deep enough, we'll probably find that area in Africa from whence we all came.

Take pride in your heritage, just don't let it prejudice how you look at others' heritage since it's all relative. (Oops. Pun unintended, but I like it.)

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BTW, sometimes I wonder if many of those creationists aren't mostly also racists who can't accept evolution because then they'd have to admit their ancestors were dark-skinned.

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