Do you think that considering oneself as universal race (i.e. not identifying with a race and realizing it does not constitute as a culture, realizing race is only phenotypes not identity, ect.) is a natural evolution of social consciousness? Or can one only come to these conclusions through painful introspection as a result of having “traumatic” or life-changing experiences due to their race?
I do not consider myself a race, I consider myself a universal identifier if you will. I do not consider myself “black”, I do not consider myself “white”, I consider myself as an intellectual; a being. But is this the result of me being subjected to many humiliating accounts of prejudice/racism from pretty much every race, a result of my education because i know that my race is just my phenotypes not my identity, my environment, or my parents parenting styles? or is this the result of social evolution?
Do you think it is possible to plant the inkling/perception of considering oneself as a “universal race” in a child in a school setting thus causing the domino effect of social evolution thus eliminating racism? After all racism is just learned hatred, so what if we teach open mindedness? Like i was taught in Montessori school, which is why I think it is possible. Excuse me if I am not using proper terminology seeing as this is tumblr, but I recently learned in psychology that there is a psychoanalytic theory concerning personality that states that there is a humanistic/evolutionary/universal unconscious; that humans are usually afraid of the dark, heights, snakes, rats, mice, ect. because it was evolutionary necessary. Then after the evolutionary unconscious comes personal unconscious, and so on. So what if we made open mindedness i.e. being a “universal identifier” an evolutionary aspect of society, is it possible? I think so. Race is only phenotypes, race does not constitute a culture or essentially an identity; though only if one permits it will it, or if one is forced to permit it. Furthermore, if one is forced to permit it, race will definitely become an identifier due to the fact that one must repress the fact that they do not relate to that specific race thus overcompensate by trying as hard as possible to let their race become their identity in order to try to repress that thought.
Tell me your thoughts, i’m writing a paper/theory and would love your opinions.
-SJM
