The Unmentioned

There have always been conflicts in our world which revolve around the concept of "race" or ethnicity. Nazi Germany tried to eradicate what they saw as the "inferior Jewish race"; blacks have fought for their rights throughout the world, and continue to do so in some places; the examples are indeed numerous.

However, in reality, most religions and evolutionary theories maintain that all human beings are related in some familial way (since we had to descend from the same "first" humans). Usually, it is said that humans are all "distant cousins" of one another.

Even more solid argument can be founded in the science of genetics. Only .2% of a human being's genetic makeup is different from that of any other person, and only .012% determines what we call "race."

Truthfully, human beings would in fact all have the same skin color if not for the effects of evolution. A race's skin color is determined by where on the earth they originated from; typically, the closer to the equator that you go, the darker the skin. This was evolution's way of protecting our sensitive skin from the harmful rays of the sun, where they are the brightest. The same goes for other racial characteristics; they all have some evolutionary purpose, which is beyond our control.

As you can plainly see, the term "race" may in fact be doing harm by creating distinctions that are minimal or completely unneeded.

So the next time you find yourself dividing people up according to race, stop a minute and remember just how similar you really are. We are all members of the same human race. Isn't that most important?

[All credit for the facts goes to www.projectcreation.org.]