Inclusion, Exclusion, Racism and the Myth of Race

by | Sep 4, 2024 | Racism (Us vs Them)

Photo by José Martín Ramírez Carrasco, Unsplash

Inclusion, Exclusion, Racism and the Myth of Race

by | Sep 4, 2024 | Racism (Us vs Them)

Photo by José Martín Ramírez Carrasco, Unsplash

As we move closer and closer to what is in fact the most consequential election in our nearly 250-year history as a nation it becomes more painfully obvious each day that this contest is about inclusion or exclusion.
Years ago, back when Donald Trump had entered the scene with his blatant racism, I wrote a short piece on my Facebook feed about racism. I’ll get to what I said later.

First I want to talk about humanity and inclusion. These two concepts are closely related. As far as humanity or Mankind as a whole goes, there is just one human race. Yet we find broad agreement, through the auspices of news media, writers and history that conclude there are somehow other races. This is entirely a fabrication. According to Brittanica.com:

Race, the idea that the human species is divided into distinct groups on the basis of inherited physical and behavioral differences. Genetic studies in the late 20th century refuted the existence of biogenetically distinct races, and scholars now argue that “races” are cultural interventions reflecting specific attitudes and beliefs that were imposed on different populations in the wake of western European conquests beginning in the 15th century.

So persistent was the myth of Race that an entire fake science was invented to reinforce it: Eugenics.

Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have altered various human gene frequencies by inhibiting the fertility of people and groups purported to be inferior or promoting that of those purported to be superior.

Eugenics became even more infamous before and during World War II to justify the outright extermination of entire populations. This was part of the justification of Hitler’s program of Lebensraum, called a program of expansionism, it was in fact the systematic murder of people in areas conquered by the Nazis to make their lands available for Germans to move into them.

The imagined superiority of Europeans over others around the world that didn’t look like them led directly to the enslavement of millions—backed up by the false concept races and the equally odious fabrication that some races, like white, were superior.

There was another social scam in operation centuries ago that contributed to the spread of racism and racial superiority: The divine right of kings. This was the idea that the heads of the ruling monarchies of the day were “appointed by God.” Kings got priests to anoint them in the name of God. They in turn created fiefdoms, appointing deputies in various local areas to ensure loyalty and, of course, a revenue flow to the king. And the working people of the time became the virtual slaves of this network of bosses. Mel Brooks said it best in History of the World, Part 1, “It’s good to be the king!”

What was this all about? It can be answered in one word: exclusion. The “nobles” or rulers of the societies of the day accumulated fabulous wealth and power. The last thing they ever wanted to do was include the uncouth, unwashed and unworthy in their bounty. So what if some of them starved to death, others would be born. Thus the masses were excluded as being inferior, unsuitable, lower class, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Irish, savages, or whatever label of convenience could be applied.

Today the “divine right of kings” has been replaced by the ‘divine right of capital.” And what do you know, the billionaires and corporate honchos who subscribe to this idea want to what? If you guessed exclude people from sharing in any kind of prosperity or enfranchisement, move to the head of the class.

As we move closer and closer to what is in fact the most consequential election in our nearly 250-year history as a nation it becomes more painfully obvious each day that this contest is about inclusion or exclusion. The Harris/Walz campaign is all about inclusion, Trump/Vance are the polar opposites who think only in terms of who will be excluded if they win. If you doubt this, visit and explore this website, which answers in detail how Project 2025 will affect you. In short, Project 2025 is all about exclusion. Sane people want to include others and feel that the success of others is also their success. Those who only want to exclude others to “protect” themselves, are frankly stark, staring nuts.

So here’s what I jotted down seven years ago on Facebook.

I was thinking—a practice I try to avoid too much of—about the concept of race. The ideas of race we hear today are based on skin color, ethnicity or a combination of these. When you get down to it, race is about the most shallow concept there is—simply skin deep.

Think about that for a moment. The enormous damage, destruction, murder and strife visited on untold millions over thousands of years is based on a truly shallow concept. What’s more, it is a false datum. For myself, and I hope many others, it can be better phrased this way, “I’m not white, I’m not black, I’m a human. What about you?” There is only one human race.

Just thinking about the idea these ideas even casually tells me exactly how I will exercise my voting responsibility this year. How about you?

Marty Kassowitz

Marty Kassowitz

Marty Kassowitz is co-founder of Factkeepers. As founder of Interest Factory and View360, he brings more than 30 years experience in effective online communications, social media management, and platform development to the site. He is a writer, designer, editor and long time observer of the ill-logic demonstrated by too many members of the species known as Mankind. After a long history of somewhat private commentary on a subject he totally hates: politics, Marty was encouraged to build this site and put up his own analyses as well as curate relevant content from other sources.

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