Dildo, you’re talking shit. Complete and utter bullshit.
Nothing against you, but you’re talking with a chip on your shoulder, and you know it. I’m talking from having studied the subject.
In this instance, we’re not talking about being Iranian or Italain, we’re talking about Indigenous Australians.
I know. And I was talking about how the idea of ‘race’ is a big, fat, steaming pile of turd.
How can you compare Colonialism with migratory patterns?!
Since when did I make this comparison?
Indigenous tribes were nomadic and hence their movement had biological ramifications
Which is basically what I said…
seeing as how the physical characteristics of Indigenous people are very similar, you just don’t notice as much.
That is perhaps one of the flimsiest arguments I’ve ever read. Read it again aloud to yourself and digest it for a sec.
Are you not aware that non-Indigenous Australians implemented policies that forcibly changed the biology of Indigenous people?
Maybe if these policies were not enforced (and by enforced I mean, women being raped, children being taken and cultures squashed) the physical characteristics of a non-caucasian people may not be as ‘shocking’ and wont illicit such negative and pejorative reactions.
I never said such policies were to be approved of. Never. And I never will. I see no justice in inflicting one cultures views upon another, especially against their will.
However, you know as well as I do that after 200-300 years of cohabitation, there would have been a gradual, a very gradual, diluting of certain genetic traits.
You could argue the same thing about the Anglo-Saxons; consider the increasing amount of ‘Eurasians’ along the south-eastern coast.
The reality is, the notion of race is a crock of shit. For traits to be that easily diluted, it is therefore proof that is is NOT deterministic.
Could my comments be perceived as ignorant or racist?
Absolutely not. They are based on anthropological science. They are wholly contrary to racist beliefs, because I belief if we are to be headed to the unified awareness of global consciousness manifesting itself beyond the subjective experiences we’ve relgated ourselves to… in other words, HUMANITY… then any notion of race, sequestering of ourselves into groups, partitioning entire groups of people to benefit others… has to stop.
Those that oppress and define people by their ‘race’ are just as guilty as those who cling to their idealised notions of their ‘race’.
We need to promote genetic diversity; and, indeed this has manifested itself in what we outwardly perceive as race. But, the reality is, it is not deterministic; and I can fully understand how people who’ve been defined and oppressed due to their race will find that difficult to come to grips with. But it’s evolution. The buck stops there.
I am, and always will be a Koori and just because you think I ‘don’t look like one’, proves you are talking out your arse.
When the hell did I ever say this? Let alone in our private conversations? Seriously, if you’re gonna put words in my mouth, have fun with that. I’m pretty surprised you’ve done this.
Cheers, Toot, for keeping an open mind.