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Originally Posted by Plan9
Aside from wars, slavery and discrimination for thousands of years... what else have these unique external features brought us?
Not a goddamn thing. Having a different skin color used to be a leading cause of death for many ages. It's still going strong in many countries.
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I don't buy it. If it wasn't colour, we would find another reason to fight. Like, for example, religion. Or cultural differences.
For the time being I relish in the diversity that we get the variety presented to us. That isn't to say that I'm not doing my part to homogenize the human stock, as my kids are a blend of Caucasian and Oriental themselves.
I'm with BG - Canadian stock of European origins - my father being German, but with roots in both Poland and Arras, but basically considering himself to be Hessian. My mother is Scottish but with Viking & English admixture. With a generation removed from from the paternal side and 2 from the maternal, I consider myself to be Canadian of the non-pioneering stock.
my wife's heritage can be traced back to a village near Canton (Guangzhou) for many generations (as far back as the family book is writ) and can say that she is pureblood Han. So our kids are now on the road to the dreamed of homogenized state. Proud as they are of their Chinese background, they are so culturally Canadian that there is little thought of their roots except during festive occasions.