Take a Stand

If you're a pink-American born and raised in the USA, you're a racist like me.

You don't like that? I don't either! So stop denying it. Let's own our problem and act affirmatively against it. Begin by understanding the basis of all prejudice to be the result of careful instruction of the young, beautifully captured by the lyrics of this song;

You've Got To Be Carefully Taught

You've got to be taught to hate and fear

You've got to be taught from year to year
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people who's eyes are oddly made
And people who's skin is a different shade
You've got to be carefully taught

You've got to be taught before it's too late
Before you are six or seven or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught

You've got to be carefully taught 

From the musical South Pacific, 1947

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Although only two attributes are referred to in the lyrics, prejudice can be based on an infinite variety of characteristics. Also, these lyrics are carefully chosen to be credibly expressed by any human group, in any language, because they do not describe in what manner the oddity of eye, or shade of skin is different from that of the "singer."

So, while we may agree that prejudice is common to all human groups, we must recognize
that in the United States of America we have written prejudice out of our society by declaring
in the Declaration of Independence (see below) that all humans are born equally human and have the same unalienable rights. Yet, the prejudices of the majority group, those of Anglo ancestry, pervade
social and political policies, connecting them to the seat of all forms of power. This gives Anglos
an unconstitutional advantage over the interests of all citizens of color, and because it is based
on skin color, this peculiar "prejudice" may be called "Racism."

From the Declaration of Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

My Anthropological Interpretation

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all", humans are born equally human, "that" all humans are therefore equally, "endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."