On Race

[Sephirstein]

Somebody posted the following on a messagebord:

"Genetic theory and evolution say that because those in Africa are much less removed from the natural, environment and predators, they are less evolved, and they have larger wangs because they have to do it from behind. You see, most every animal in nature does it from behind because if a predator comes, both need to be able to run away, or be prepared to fight."

To which I responded with:

Do you know why we have different skin colours?

It's easy!

Black skin is more resistant to the sun, as such resistance best fits their environment (Remember that virtually all Black people lived in extremely hot places until a couple hundred years ago. Most actually still do.).

White skin camouflages better in colder climates and (I believe) is better resistant to cold. Thus, descendants of the first humans (who were Black) who migrated to Europe saw the pigment composition of their skin get gradually lighter over thousands of generations.

Other races exist for similar reasons, and minor variations in racial and culture characteristics define ethnic groups.

Naturally, there are other differences between races, but it is my opinion that intellectual capability is not among them.

Why do I believe this?

Every racial group has seen families band together to form tribes and tribes band together to form increasingly complex societies (villages, city-states, kingdoms, empires. etc...) that have all produced marvelous cultural, technological, and philosophical innovations that have nothing to do with their racial characteristics, aside from the imagery they used to represent their supreme being(s).

These complex societies, nonetheless, have only existed for a very small fraction of humanity's time here on Earth and have belonged to every single race. Thus, to assume that one race is intellectually superior to another is absurd, especially since it has been biologically proven that we are all Homo sapiens sapiens (Genus-Species-Subspecies) and, aside from infinitesimal deviations, have more or less the same characteristics.

But let's assume I am wrong and there are significant differences between different races.

Even if this absurdity were true, it would be racist and an insult to the very nature of our humanity to not allow each individual to develop to his or her full potential.

And this my friends, is true, and one of the most fundamental reasons for my liberalism.