Race
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“To ‘discuss race’ would be equivalent to ‘discussing the cover of a book’ before the book is even read. For who does such things, if not to be afraid of knowing the book’s contents? It’s the same example as stalling to meet someone, for fear of either being exposed or knowing something one does not
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“Could one know a person beyond the surface? Of course. Then, why make it a priority to discuss the surface? Why make it a priority to discuss race? Why not make it a priority to discuss something deeper? Something of culture, something of history, being the things that one could identify or relate to another
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An immense focus on skin color, would not be a focus on a person’s characteristics or even their genetic traits. What type of a person, in today’s world, is seen to focus on skin color? Is it the person who calls another person the racist, or perhaps it is the racist, themselves? It could be
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“It should be easily understood that a person will only ever defend their own skin, their own hides, their own selves, when they find themselves to be physically in danger. It should be easily understood of any average human that what a person does not want to see about themselves, will be shielded by another
Modern Romanticism 