OPINION:
The whole notion of race is frustrating. It is such an unscientific concept that it is amazing to me how much media attention is paid to it. I suspect that it was created for political reasons, mostly by the left. It is used to create monsters on the right, who are supposed to be racists because they want to give autonomy to some business owners for hiring and to college presidents for admissions. It is used by the left to create victims and to justify all manner of government interventions to correct the perceived racial imbalances.
All this is so foolish because really we are all African-Americans. Since all humankind originated somewhere in Africa, usually thought to be around present-day Ethiopia, the only racial heritage any of us can claim with certainty is therefore African. And if you were born in America, that makes you African-American.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could agree that we are all African-Americans, and stop fighting the race wars and stop segregating people based on race?
ROY MILLER
Phoenix, Arizona
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