No White or Black race
By degoke63
@degoke63 (37)
Moldova
6 responses
@cloudwatcher (6861)
• Australia
20 Jan 07
Strictly speaking, no one has black skin and no one has white skin.
However, the fact remains that there are many races of people with varying colours of skin, from very fair to very dark. There are varying degrees of colour between those: dark fair, olive, brown, very dark brown, reddish brown, grey, dark grey ...
The question is more one of what difference the colour of the skin makes, and the answer to that should be that it makes no difference: under the skin we are all the same. Physically speaking, this is basically true, although there are differences. For example, some races are tall, with long, strong legs and some are short and stumpy.
So the question then becomes one of something more than physical differences. Are the different coloured skins different in other ways? Or is there something else which makes a difference?
Any difference we discern between races, or skin colours, is not because of their skin colour, but because of their environment and way of life; because of their culture: the way they were brought up, the education they received and the values and traditions they learnt.
Given equal opportunities, we would have to say there is no more difference BETWEEN races as there is WITHIN the races. That is, not all Caucasian people are the same. Not all "brown skinned" people are the same.
Every human being is the same in some ways and each human being is different in some ways, but each life is of the same value, and THAT is what counts.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
20 Jan 07
when it comes to physical attributes, yes. there are white people and black people. and just like me, i am brown so i say, there's brown, too. but colors do not really matter at all. it's just superficial. what matters most is what's inside our hearts, who we are and how we deal with others.
@maumbi (2569)
• Indonesia
20 Jan 07
maybe yes my friend, many people have diffrent skin depend where you come from or which country, do you hear about yellow skin;) but for no problem about diffrent skin and i hope i can get girlfriend from europe;( i dont know coz i come from asia, can i??;)
@jammed (153)
• Philippines
20 Jan 07
There is, well if you base on skin color. There are also brown, and some are claiming their blue (royal blood that is). But if you'll consider human rights, there should not be any racial discrimination.