Reflective Essay On Race And Culture

The concept of race has always been a confusing one to me, it has always been somewhat of a two headed beast that needed to be examined and understood before it could truly be critiqued, and in this examination I find a very clear distinction between two of its forms one I have come to call color race (as this is the defining characteristic) and the other true race (dubbed for its validity in science) make note that while both of these concepts of race exist in symbiosis they do not exist in equal for it prevalence in society was the only identifier surely the names would be switched, but I would dare say they both have affected not just how I view my life, but how I view lives of those around me whether in person or literature

At the surface you have true race, true race is the textbook definition of race the one free from ulterior motives a simple system used to group together peoples of common culture, history, ancestry and sometimes color. (please note I say the word sometimes to not just imply but fully exclaim that color while often correlates it is in no way a direct …show more content…
Both seem like rational responses to an impossibly irrational question, but that does not mean there is no answer, at least I’m not willing to accept there must be a way to appreciate race and not glorify it simultaneously. A way to validate my feelings of heritage while not also validating the millions of other who feel in some way this limits my ability to understand a world not skewed from