As a white male I am blamed for all the ills of society

[riqster]

285. I'd say none of these distinctions are based on race.

There is no color-based race, only one human race. These class/ethnicity/color-based divisions are all based on a need to divide and conquer.

To say that it's racism for black/white but not for brown/white is an example of how even academics can get sucked into a false construct. Example:

My home town was (back in the 60's) was primarily divided between Italians, Anglos, and Hillbillies. All technically "white" but very much divided. A goodly degree if animosity reigned between these groups: I had Italians call me "white". Homogeneity was actually heterogenous.

A popular joke at the time was, "What do you call a Hilljack in a tree full of possums? 'Branch manager!'"

Some years later, I was dating a young lady from Cincinnati, and heard this joke: "What do you call a N***** in a tree full of monkeys? 'Branch manager!'"

Shook me to core, it did, exposing my own history of prejudice, division and "othering". And I realized that we are all part of one race, and that the divisions we create are all bullshit.

So whether the division is based on color, gender, ability, sexual identity, hair length, etc.: it is all division, and we as humanity need to unify.

I know that is a contrary position in some circles, and don't expect to change anyone's mind. But it is an explanation if why I speak the way I do. There exist social strata based on these divisions, and we need to acknowledge them and seek to break them down.