If only we could give up pegging one another with divisive colors to separate humanity into a hierarchy of slave and master mentality through class and caste. At last we've eliminated the red and yellow discrimination.
Dear Ones,
Pearl Buck, author of The Good Earth, chided Americans for labeling Asians yellow. And the term red skins is no longer used–except for the Washington D.C. football team. Now we must eliminate black and white names that only demean one another. I remember the derogatory remark, "That's mighty white of you."
Pigment and melanin come in different tones of beige and black. No one is white. White is made up of all the prismatic colors. Why do we keep fooling ourselves that only increases rivalry?
When will the world give up on color profiling? Why do we feel that we need it? If identity is requested, why not using the alternative word for bogus race–which is nationality? We have more respect for cattle than we do human beings. We label them as Holsteins and Jerseys and other locations of their origin.
Let's give thanks to progress that's slowly overcoming bigotry. Happy Thanksgiving!
Mame,
author of Aramenta, the life and escapades of Harriet Tubman and fifty published books based on history, as well as produced plays and hundreds of essays
