When I hear shouts of White superiority I can’t help wondering if it’s because we’re mutants. Humans didn’t start out white. Scientists attribute the lighter skin to a genetic mutation as people migrated northward. It was a small change in the DNA code–just one letter out of the 3.1 billion letters in the human genome. The change didn’t add strength, intelligence, compassion, power, or supremacy. Yet somehow that tiny difference elevates us above all other DNA codes in some people’s minds.
Can someone please explain the logic to me?
I remember watching on PBS a show that talked about how the changes happened, and where; the subject was absolutely fantastic & amazing. The people who believe in White Supremacy would die of apoplexy to realize that we didn’t start out white! There is no logic that would convince them.
I’d guess that their “logic” would be that it wasn’t a genetic mutation but an evolution into a higher form of life.