What is race? Why is there racism?        Will race ever cease to exist?

"Race is grouping individuals based on physical qualities and/or social qualities. The majority of people think of race as the color of someone’s skin. Racism exists because a particular race believes their physical and/or social qualities are superior to another’s. Whether racism will ever cease is a very difficult question to answer. A multitude of things will have to change in our world for racism to be eliminated completely. At least in the U.S., we have brought the conversation of race back into our classrooms which is the first step to achieving a society that is free from racism. Where will that take us? Time will tell, however the discussions at an early age is a great first...

"Race is a social construction created to hierarchize human beings.  It was created out of insecurity by ‘white’ people and has since been internalized and accepted by most of the world.  Unlike ‘ethnicity,’ which is based upon culture and birthplace, race has no basis in reality except for its (usually negative) connotation.  For now, it is important to recognize, study, and reflect on race and racism in each of our own experiences, and cultivate compassion - then, one day, racism will cease to exist."

“Xenophobia. The fear of anything different. This is at the root of almost all forms of racism. We, as humans, have learned to gather ourselves into tribes as a means of protecting ourselves. Tribes lead, eventually, to countries and other forms of large groups of people….”
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"Race isn’t real until we make it real, at which point it becomes the biggest problem in the world."

“What causes racism is actually greed… Any argument that claims racism is an innate ‘tribalism’ or fear response in human nature is simply wrong; as easily proven by observing babies. Babies have no concept of race or aversion to other races. They only show innate fear, disgust or aversion to a few things: for example, crawling insects, snakes, some male humans, and any sudden change, like a loud noise or quick movement. Saying racism is natural is like saying we have a natural fear of vampires, zombies, or mummies….”
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"Race is a label. It is a neutral label to describe people who are different from us. Racism is an ideology and propaganda to divide, control and conquer. When ideology is downloaded into one’s conditioning, it will remain so in one’s mind until one takes the effort to reflect upon it. Mistaking conditioned reality for truth are what the mind does. We cannot control external elements of life but the choice of how one experiences the world can never be taken away. The choice is ours whether racism ever ceases to exist."