Racist vs. Culturist (My Word)

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RACIST

A person who believes in the doctrine one's own racial group is superior or a particular racial group is inferior to the others based on generalized characteristics.

CULTURIST

An advocate or devotee to one's personal culture (or way of life including daily living activities, traditions, and belief structures), holding preference over, but not malice against other races. 

Racism. 

This one word has been a buzz word for decades, and I am sad to say, will continue as a buzz word for generations to come. Racism (or more simply put “elitism”) will never truly be eradicated from our society since our inhabitants will always remain human; and humans have ingrained psychological factors not allowing us to accept we are not individually special, better than others in insignificant or momentous fashions, and race is just another aspect allowing us to claim “superiority.”

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Now, I am not attempting to state since the problem is eternal to avoid it or to overlook it or to not do anything to combat its presence in our society; I am simply trying to communicate this point: racism will exist until the human race prospers long enough to create one multi-racial sect; but even if we do not annihilate ourselves before this futuristic era, racism will simply be replaced by another form of "elitism." Evidence for this phenomenon is present even today, such as prejudices within racial groups against other members of any example race for certain physical characteristics, such as hair consistency, skin tone, facial features, body structures, or for choosing to live a certain way, in a certain city, or engage in a certain profession; elitism is even present in our schoolyards disguised as bullying, because even more simply put, racism is just plain bullying.

Now, to relate it mildly racists are my second least favorite people (my first, sexual predators), and although I will refrain comment on recent societal events enraging the masses (because my posts are not about promoting any partisan agenda), I would still like to clarify the reason I am speaking about racism: My message is not to redefine racism, promote a “cannot do anything about it” attitude, or to preach ultimate doom; the message of this post is to provide another alternative, or possibility, for everyday occurrences some people might deem as racist, hopefully saving minor irritation erupting into major catastrophe.

With the above sentiment, I would like to state my premise: Sometimes, when actions appear racist, they might simply result from an individual “way of life” clash, rather than an outright disregard or hatred for the racial group(s) involved. It does not matter what race you are, if your apartment complex neighbors constantly cook food with strong spices or fishy aromas and these smells aggravate your allergies or your house neighbors party late into the night even on weekdays, you are probably not going to be chummy with them, inviting them over for S’mores at a cool summer night backyard fire. If your apartment complex neighbors do not believe in regular personal hygiene or your house neighbors allow underage drinking because they feel it provides a safe environment, you are probably not going to sit next to them at a tenants’ meeting or permit your teenagers to hang out at their house. Maybe you do not believe education is important because your family valued other aspects of life, or maybe you do not understand how anyone could embalm dead bodies for a living, especially in the actual house they reside.

I could go on and on with the examples, because race does not dictate behavior one will deem annoying or problematic. 

I am not attempting to claim violent, racially charged atrocities should or can be explained or excused with simple “ways of life” clashes; I am simply asking you to delve deeper into the reasons for your next unpleasant encounter with someone of a different racial descent and not to immediately jump to the easiest and readiest explanation, “He/She must hate my race!” 

Maybe, just maybe, you are both “Culturists.”