Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
I guess you can say this is an extension to the thread created by @james blunt concerning the following:
Is it wrong that I wish all humans were dead ?
However in this particular discussion I do not proclaim to sentence nor wish that an entire human population to cease to exist. We have real world problems, but I firmly believe that majority of us are actively trying to make the world better. My profession allows me to see the ugly side of life, the corruptible, the fallible, the mortal side of a human being's existence. When I leave work, the outside world provides temporal relief in the form of a smokescreen that alleviates (momentarily) the experiences I've had at work. But as I continue to live in this world I do see the ugliness that affects me where it does become depressing. I mean after all, I turn on the television and I see our current administration and I'm already depressed. I don't want to make this entirely political but more importantly enough for me personally I have not felt American since my existence on this planet. I've never really had a complete sense of patriotism other than when I was five years-old we were coerced to say the pledge of allegiance in school.
I grow up, get a job through that I end up going to college graduating and excelling in academia then I continue my education and achieve an advance degree. I spent my whole life working twice as hard than everyone else because my own mother has instilled in me that my existence, my skin, according to society says that I'm only valuable for two things: being an athlete and being a statistic. I have built my professional life around the notion that although I will never be an athlete, I'll be the best at whatever craft that I choose to do. I've also made the life choice to not become a statistic and to alleviate myself from the dregs of the criminal world. But as I make it out of the shadows of failure and into the light of success, I still do not feel completely human. I don't feel very as if I'm a member of the human species, rather I feel like a member of the human species but as a sub category.
I recall going out with a former co-workers of mine to a Long Beach bar and we eventually met up with some guy that apparently was a good buddy of my other friend (I use the word good buddy loosely here). We talk and after a few drinks apparently this guy felt comfortable enough with me as an apparent joke for me to say "white power." White power? I understand when people get liquid courage our pre-frontal cortex walls come down and all but to say something that is totally against my beliefs? Huh? Needless to say it took both big men to keep me from breaking the guy's neck at the bar. But it confirms what I have believed all along and even through college that race is something that is in the minds of a lot of people in this country and I'm sure abroad. I'll admit, I've never sat at the table of Caucasians and felt comfortable in my life. Not because I'm scared, but because I've never felt human. I've never felt as if I belong to a collective based on the experiences as a child and the experiences of my parents and grand-parents.
There lies my frustration with humanity......
I firmly believe humanity as it exists right now will never realize its full potential with the existence of different generations as we are a conglomerate of personal experiences and residual affects of previous generations from before. We are products of our governments and social infrastructures where it seems that at present we are confined to pre-existing ideals. If we go outside the box we are chastised. If we make a voice to those who are unable to speak we are loud. These problems exist and continue to exist. When we mention these problems even those who call themselves progressives are very stagnant in discussing these issues. My existence and who I am regardless of my socioeconomic status has been pre-determined for me across the world. If I go to India, there is a name for me. If I go to China, Arab countries, and even parts of Africa there is a name for me. Although I may be seen as a person by some, but by most my phenotype and some pre-conceived notion of who I am comes first. Religious people are no different and even in the so-called "Holy Land" racial and gender discrimination is apparent.
I don't think I will ever sit at a table and feel like a complete human being not even Islam as it exists today can provide that comfort (considering there is a great deal of racism that is practiced in many Arab/Asian countries). I don't think for me I will ever sit at a table, work at a job, or be in an academic institution where my skin complexion and who I am or where I grew up is not something to be considered. In essence I will never feel like a complete human being....
What is my solution?
@james blunt was on to something when he posed the question on whether it is wrong that one wises humanity was dead. Of course my solution is somewhat different. I firmly believe the generations at least the ones born on 2050 will be the foundation where we can head towards true progressivism, true belief in one species in one humanity. So I do agree that generations and people amongst those generations need to die myself included. I do believe all of us including those on this website need to die in order to not taint future generations with our experiences and what we had to endure. A fresh start doesn't have to necessarily mean an asteroid hitting earth killing everyone, rather, it means that generations along with past experiences and even ideals have to die and fresh ones begin. Although progressive ideals ought to be a foundation of a better world how its implemented needs to start with the future. Then hopefully, some day, the lines will be blurred and sub-categories will be seen as a thing of the past and that humanity will be seen as one single category.
Sorry for the long winded post but I leave with the following video:
I perceive the above video as our potential in our future....
Is it wrong that I wish all humans were dead ?
However in this particular discussion I do not proclaim to sentence nor wish that an entire human population to cease to exist. We have real world problems, but I firmly believe that majority of us are actively trying to make the world better. My profession allows me to see the ugly side of life, the corruptible, the fallible, the mortal side of a human being's existence. When I leave work, the outside world provides temporal relief in the form of a smokescreen that alleviates (momentarily) the experiences I've had at work. But as I continue to live in this world I do see the ugliness that affects me where it does become depressing. I mean after all, I turn on the television and I see our current administration and I'm already depressed. I don't want to make this entirely political but more importantly enough for me personally I have not felt American since my existence on this planet. I've never really had a complete sense of patriotism other than when I was five years-old we were coerced to say the pledge of allegiance in school.
I grow up, get a job through that I end up going to college graduating and excelling in academia then I continue my education and achieve an advance degree. I spent my whole life working twice as hard than everyone else because my own mother has instilled in me that my existence, my skin, according to society says that I'm only valuable for two things: being an athlete and being a statistic. I have built my professional life around the notion that although I will never be an athlete, I'll be the best at whatever craft that I choose to do. I've also made the life choice to not become a statistic and to alleviate myself from the dregs of the criminal world. But as I make it out of the shadows of failure and into the light of success, I still do not feel completely human. I don't feel very as if I'm a member of the human species, rather I feel like a member of the human species but as a sub category.
I recall going out with a former co-workers of mine to a Long Beach bar and we eventually met up with some guy that apparently was a good buddy of my other friend (I use the word good buddy loosely here). We talk and after a few drinks apparently this guy felt comfortable enough with me as an apparent joke for me to say "white power." White power? I understand when people get liquid courage our pre-frontal cortex walls come down and all but to say something that is totally against my beliefs? Huh? Needless to say it took both big men to keep me from breaking the guy's neck at the bar. But it confirms what I have believed all along and even through college that race is something that is in the minds of a lot of people in this country and I'm sure abroad. I'll admit, I've never sat at the table of Caucasians and felt comfortable in my life. Not because I'm scared, but because I've never felt human. I've never felt as if I belong to a collective based on the experiences as a child and the experiences of my parents and grand-parents.
There lies my frustration with humanity......
I firmly believe humanity as it exists right now will never realize its full potential with the existence of different generations as we are a conglomerate of personal experiences and residual affects of previous generations from before. We are products of our governments and social infrastructures where it seems that at present we are confined to pre-existing ideals. If we go outside the box we are chastised. If we make a voice to those who are unable to speak we are loud. These problems exist and continue to exist. When we mention these problems even those who call themselves progressives are very stagnant in discussing these issues. My existence and who I am regardless of my socioeconomic status has been pre-determined for me across the world. If I go to India, there is a name for me. If I go to China, Arab countries, and even parts of Africa there is a name for me. Although I may be seen as a person by some, but by most my phenotype and some pre-conceived notion of who I am comes first. Religious people are no different and even in the so-called "Holy Land" racial and gender discrimination is apparent.
I don't think I will ever sit at a table and feel like a complete human being not even Islam as it exists today can provide that comfort (considering there is a great deal of racism that is practiced in many Arab/Asian countries). I don't think for me I will ever sit at a table, work at a job, or be in an academic institution where my skin complexion and who I am or where I grew up is not something to be considered. In essence I will never feel like a complete human being....
What is my solution?
@james blunt was on to something when he posed the question on whether it is wrong that one wises humanity was dead. Of course my solution is somewhat different. I firmly believe the generations at least the ones born on 2050 will be the foundation where we can head towards true progressivism, true belief in one species in one humanity. So I do agree that generations and people amongst those generations need to die myself included. I do believe all of us including those on this website need to die in order to not taint future generations with our experiences and what we had to endure. A fresh start doesn't have to necessarily mean an asteroid hitting earth killing everyone, rather, it means that generations along with past experiences and even ideals have to die and fresh ones begin. Although progressive ideals ought to be a foundation of a better world how its implemented needs to start with the future. Then hopefully, some day, the lines will be blurred and sub-categories will be seen as a thing of the past and that humanity will be seen as one single category.
Sorry for the long winded post but I leave with the following video:
I perceive the above video as our potential in our future....
