Mar 29 • writing
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How do we continue in the confusion of racism?
Why is it not laid out plainly—on the table, in the open—with the proverbial curtain pulled back on its flawed foundation?
It is blatant. Obvious.
As simple as 1+1=2.And yet somehow, it is treated as if it is not.
The idea that one human is superior to another simply because of how they were born is not strength—it is a glaring display of weakness.
How has this persisted, so strongly, for so long?
Why is there not a collective spotlight shining on the simple truth:
What kind of person stands on pillars that have nothing to do with who they are or what they’ve done?
How long will we, as a society, entertain this fabrication of power?
Here is the irony—the coup de grâce:
Those who cling to racial superiority often possess real, earned strengths. They may be brilliant strategists, devoted parents, loyal friends, exceptional athletes—capable, accomplished individuals.
And yet, instead of standing on what they have built, they reach for what they were handed at birth.
True accomplishment—earned skill, cultivated character—naturally creates pride inspires others. It elevates communities. It builds something real.
In contrast, superiority based on race, sex, or inherited status produces only division—an atmosphere thick with defensiveness, hostility, and emptiness.
To validate these ideologies—to give weight to racism, sexism, or inherited elitism—is as absurd as the beliefs themselves. They are not just flawed; they are fundamentally disconnected from truth.
We have, in many ways, been conditioned into accepting a false reality—one reinforced over generations. History has shown us where such distortions can lead, when unchecked and normalized.
The consequences are not abstract.
They are visible in the fractures of our societies, in the conflicts we face, in the systems that fail because they are built on faulty premises.
A world that insists 2+2=9 does not function.
A civilization built on false equations cannot solve its own problems.
When the foundation is irrational, the outcomes will be too.
No human being is inherently above another by virtue of birth.
Hierarchy based on arbitrary traits is not just unjust—it is illogical.
And yet we compound the absurdity:
Not only is superiority claimed without merit, but it is often limited to the narrowest of traits—race, sex, status—ignoring the vast spectrum of human ability and character.
What a strange and fragile claim to greatness.
To spend one’s time diminishing others, asserting dominance without substance—what does that reveal? Not power, but insecurity. Not strength, but absence.
If we measured ourselves by what we actually do—what we build, how we treat others, what we contribute—the entire framework would shift.
Excellence would inspire, not divide.
Achievement would invite growth, not resentment.
Pride would be shared, not weaponized.
Imagine a world where we take genuine delight in one another’s strengths—where the success of another human being feels like a collective win.
A quiet, constant celebration of humanity itself.
As was said so simply and so powerfully:
Kindness knows no shame.
In such a world, outdated notions of superiority would not need to be violently dismantled—they would simply fade into irrelevance.
Like any harmful, outdated practice, they would be met with a mix of compassion and disbelief:
“Come on—we’ve outgrown that. Don’t you know better by now?”
The future does not need to wait -
It begins the moment we reject false measures of worth and turn, instead, toward what is real.
Toward what is earned.
Toward what is human.
And in doing so, we do not diminish ourselves—we finally stand on something true.
(not quite happy with ending, still twerking it for more punch- happy for and insight, Thanks)
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