Why are people racist if civilization began in Africa? Doesn't that mean we're all multi-racial?

Question

I really don't believe that white is the ultimate race. Because nobody is just one race. I think that when civilzation started there was one race and then as more people started being born races were created. Therefore, we're multi racial right? Why be racist?

Answer 1

Interestingly enough, research on the most recent common ancestor for all of mankind places it an NO MORE THAN 3000 years ago. This means that virtually everyone alive more than 3000 years ago is likely to have been an ancestor to virtually everyone alive today (excepting, of course, those who simply had no living heirs). Black, white, red... it doesn't matter. So you don't even have to go back as far as you suggest. We're all brothers and sisters! (Don't ask me if that means what you've been doing with your boy- or girl-friend incest)

Answer 2

White is definetly not a superior race, nor is any other race in the planet. Now the fact that we all come from Africa is not 100% proven; It is known that is somewhere from Iraq all the way to Africa though so we might all be Arabs! Don't worry about what this white supremacists say, every race has its pros and cons.

Answer 3

I totally agree with Brenda Wise. I have a much darker skin tone than my sisters, they go red in the sun, I go brown, I also have hundreds of dark brown moles, my older sister has a few my younger sister has none, I have three brothers also who's skin is of a different hue, and before there are any smart a.$$ comments, yes we had the same so called white parents

Answer 4

No, we are of one race. Coming from Africa, some evolved into less-dark colours in other parts of the world. So we are all black, it's just that some of us black people are lighter than others. If you want to see white, look at a sheet of paper. No people are really white, just less black than others.

Answer 5

Most of the people you call racists are not racist at all. They do not hate a race of people because of their race. They hate a race of people because of their experiences have shown them that the majority of that racerace are substandard humans that deserve to be hated.

That would make them Bigots, not racists.

Answer 6

I agree with you.

I have white skin and I am not racist, but I am critical of some cultures, not because of the color of their skin, but because of their war like nature.

Does this mean that I am racist on another level?

Answer 7

That only means that the first human were black, at some point we change colors or another race came from outer space or mars

Answer 8

WE ARE ALL RACIST in some way shape or form. Face it and accept it as fact. As to the reason, it's easier to be racist than to understand another culture. To understand another culture would require work, compassion and some enlightenment. it is much easier to just spew something racist then to understand and work with cultural difference we all possess. Racism is nothing but our own ignorance and intolerance to accept others.

Answer 9

people i believe are not racist really because the color or backround of a particular person, i think its what that person stands for or what that certain group of people stand for, thats just what i think

Answer 10

You will find most people are culturalist rather than racist, they are more opposed to people that behave differently from them than to those who look different