Division of races...is this all a plan? (Mexican, solution, Hispanic)

[NYchi]

Scientists are strongly convinced that every human being can be traced to a black woman in Africa. Yet, we have been divided and given categories, like the social contructs of race. So is this a plan to keep chaos within the human race in order for heads of government to maintain power?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve

[Omaha Rocks]

All scientists, or some scientists?

I've heard this theory, but only heard it as theory not established fact.

[NYchi]

Originally Posted by Omaha Rocks

All scientists, or some scientists?

I've heard this theory, but only heard it as theory not established fact.

There is no way to establish it as a fact...it's not possible yet. But there is strong evidence.

[ccr4tigers]

Every human can't be traced a black woman in Africa because the Aborigines in Australia are believed by many scientists to have evolved separately from the rest of humanity (of course some disagree with this as well....). I think this is amazingly fascinating, considering they have such similar folklore to the rest of the human race, even though there is a strong chance they were not in contact with other humans for thousands of years. Anyway, that's the fun fact of the day. Moving on.

I like the "we have been divided" as if someone did this to us. We divided us. Humans have been in charge of humans. So, it is not like some crazy government did this to us. All of the ruling bodies that have governed humanity have been human.

To me, the better question is, why do we choose to separate ourselves from each other by race, and not, let's say, eye color?

[NYchi]

Originally Posted by ccr4tigers

Every human can't be traced a black woman in Africa because the Aborigines in Australia are believed by many scientists to have evolved separately from the rest of humanity (of course some disagree with this as well....). I think this is amazingly fascinating, considering they have such similar folklore to the rest of the human race, even though there is a strong chance they were not in contact with other humans for thousands of years. Anyway, that's the fun fact of the day. Moving on.

I like the "we have been divided" as if someone did this to us. We divided us. Humans have been in charge of humans. So, it is not like some crazy government did this to us. All of the ruling bodies that have governed humanity have been human.

To me, the better question is, why do we choose to separate ourselves from each other by race, and not, let's say, eye color?

Well, it's easy to divide people through longterm propaganda...which is what happened. When you go back just a few centuries. The terms white, black etc...were never used.

[ccr4tigers]

Yes, the terms have changed, but the divisions have not. If you go back one thousand years the English language did not even exist in the form that it would become. However, the evolution of language does not really have anything to do with humans dividing themselves along race lines.

[NYchi]

Originally Posted by ccr4tigers

Yes, the terms have changed, but the divisions have not. If you go back one thousand years the English language did not even exist in the form that it would become. However, the evolution of language does not really have anything to do with humans dividing themselves along race lines.

O.k. Why the recent shift in dividing people with such simplistic categories such as skin color? Most people were seperated by region, language, culture etc...

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by NYchi

O.k. Why the recent shift in dividing people with such simplistic categories such as skin color? Most people were seperated by region, language, culture etc...

You can learn another language, but you can't change your color.

[nichirenx]

Originally Posted by NYchi

Scientists are strongly convinced that every human being can be traced to a black woman in Africa. Yet, we have been divided and given categories, like the social contructs of race. So is this a plan to keep chaos within the human race in order for heads of government to maintain power?


Mitochondrial Eve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As another poster said, its possible but not yet provable.
If that is a plan, they are just taking advantage of a situation that already exists.
Ethnic diversity came from people adapting to different parts of the world. And other diversity developed from similar situations. (religious , cultural, etc).

In a perfect world people would just accept these logically and go on about their business.
But some people of certain categories , mainly religious and political, wish for everyone to follow the same idea string that they do.
And that is one reason why the issues are so hard to solve.

The race issue is different than the others because while you can never 'force' people to change races, one can commit genocide on other races or limit the resources and education provided so as to let them destroy themselves.

Some things just do not have an easy solution.

[ccr4tigers]

Originally Posted by NYchi

O.k. Why the recent shift in dividing people with such simplistic categories such as skin color? Most people were seperated by region, language, culture etc...

I don't mean to keep pushing this, but I don't think it is simplistic. Even in our own country it is not only divided on the lines of race. I teach at a school that is 70% Hispanic. However, those students do not consider themselves "Hispanic", but rather Mexican, Honduran, or Puerto Rican. Then, the Mexican students will divide themselves down even further by the region they came from.

Also, in our country there is certainly a division between ultra conservative white people and white people who consider themselves academic and liberal.

My good friend insists there is a difference between himself and "ghetto" black people.

So, I just don't think it is simplistic, and I don't think it is anything new. People love to create easy to understand boxes to put people into. While most enjoy having close friends that are complicated and more than just one thing, I don't believe the average person wants to embrace the fact that all people are that way. It is just easier, and it feels more safe, to categorize.