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i have to agree with thatOriginally posted by Scrumhalf View PostYou misunderstand me. I have no issues with family heritage, etc. In fact that's what I said - be proud of human accomplishments, either your own or some kind of collective that you are part of and contributing to - family, country, school, community, etc. But I'm distinguishing family heritage from race.
I am neither proud nor ashamed of being a brown-skinned South Asian. It just happens to be what I am and it has nothing to do with any accomplishment that either I did or a group that I am part of did (countrymen, family, etc.). Note that I am not taking issue with just white pride - I don't get racial pride of any color.
It is pure chance that the intangible entity that is you and represents your identity (your mind, your life force, whatever you want to call it) happens to be born in a white body (or brown or black or whatever) in the USA, as opposed to a bushman in the Kalahari or an Inuit in Greenland. You did nothing to influence it or deserve it - it just happened. The only thing that matters is what you do with yourself.
To me, race is so irrelevant that is unfathomable we are still talking about it in the 21st century. It is truly a human failing that I cannot wrap my mind around. I am the ultimate meritocrat - the only thing that matters to me is what an individual has accomplished or stands for.
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