TROP's Case Against Race

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The Case Against Race

"Race only matters to liberals and racists."
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This is a short article that argues against the legitimacy of racialism. Our main article on Islam and race can be found here.

Race and Racism

Race is the arbitrary classification of individuals according to physical traits that presumably have a genetic pattern. How many races there are and what characteristics are used to determine racial identity is entirely subjective, since there is no such thing as a series of genes that define race in the absolute sense. Race is therefore a social construct and not a physical science, even though it is based on genetics. It is no more meaningful to say that a person is of a certain race than it is to say that they were born in Indiana rather than Illinois.

Categorizing people by race is also non-sensible and irrelevant. Consider the entirely feasible example of a girl born to a white European and a native African. Given the different races involved, which one would she be considered? More importantly, how could it possibly matter? Would being either “black” or “white” or something in between make her any different of a person?

Race also serves as the foundation for racism, which tries to emphasize distinctions between racial categories – arbitrary as they may be. Racism is the “science” of drawing broad conclusions from comparative studies, which are then assumed to apply to all members of a particular group who happen to share a genetic profile over which they have no control.

Racism is deeply flawed because it is fundamentally irrational. Human beings are not groups, they are individuals.

There is not one meaningful fact that can be determined about an individual based on their race. One cannot know what music another person enjoys, how they vote, how high they can jump, nor any meaningful thing about them simply by knowing their race.

In fact, all racial stereotypes dissolve at the individual level. People are generally whoever they choose to be.

This makes perfect sense to intelligent people. Since racial identity is arbitrary, it cannot be deterministic. Without determinism, there can be no science. Therefore, neither racism nor the study of race has anything factual to offer.

In addition to being a false science, racism is morally wrong because it is the foundation for racial discrimination, in which different rules and standards are applied to individuals based on their presumed identity. In the past, people suffered tremendously (and unfairly, of course) because of this.

Thus, the artificial system of race serves no positive purpose. Lending legitimacy to the flawed theory of racial distinction leads, almost inevitably, to racism and the justification of racial discrimination. This, along with the inherent absurdity of even classifying people by race, should be enough to merit junking racial identification altogether.

GR
Editor, TROP

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