The Americas are a special case when it comes to race, because very few of us are from here more recently than the last 100-odd years, a lot of us who did show up early-ish (particularly West African, West European and Southern Chinese) arrived around the same time, and we all interbred with each other and with various migratory native populations for a hundred-odd years before an even bigger influx of people from all over the world started pouring in. It all gets more 'special' when we consider that most of that interbreeding has taken place with Anglo-Saxon and Germanic people in power over everyone else, including, often enough, those with whom they were breeding. It gets even more 'special' when we consider the treatment of various people based on their placement on one side or the other of a wide, jagged, blurry line. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
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