Monday, April 28, 2008

Not Racism; Culture

There's a good reason why certain people (sometimes referred to as "races") excel while others do not. It isn't "race," it's the CULTURE in which they live that decides their intelligence level, not their RACE. "Read the biographies of the important scholars and scientists in European history and it's interesting to note how many of them changed countries frequently, either seeking patronage or escaping persecution. The political unity of China and the diversity of Europe may be a function of their respective geographies. These factors in combination lead to different civilizations achieving different levels of technology, science--and law. These, in turn, lead to different standards of living and quality of life. When technology made mass immigration around the world possible, huge numbers of people began to express their opinion of what the good life was by voting with their feet. In doing so, they destroyed the racialist explanation forever, though of course, some continue to cling to it because their pitiful excuse for self-esteem is bound up in it." So never mistake CULTURAL differences for racial differences. It is not true. When you criticize the INTELLIGENCE of a Muslim from the Middle East, you're not being racist. You're merely commenting on their CULTURE, which is mired in the fifteenth century and trying, without much success because of their ignorant methods, to come into the twenty-first century. (Scholar Stephen Browne/The Atlasphere)

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