This land to the west is hot and dry and rocky. However different my home is from this hot and dry land, at no place do I come to a dividing marker at which there is a sudden change from humid forest and farm to dry and rocky. The changes become evident very gradually as I drive. The borders that separate the states, that divide Tennessee from Mississippi from Florida from New Mexico are artificial and political and have no validity in the real world of nature. Nature in no way recognizes the political arrogance that one tree grows in Tennessee while a tree five yards distant resides in Mississippi.
Race is likewise a device constructed of political arrogance and convenience.
While it is evident that some persons have darker skin and that others have skin that is lighter, the point of division is impossible to determine. We are each and every one of us members of the world wide human race. That is, unless someone wishes to demand money as a consequence of dividing people into tribes based upon his perceived determination that a select group should be designated a specific race separate and distinct from the human race. And that, my friends, is what the U. N. Conference On Racism in Durban, South Africa is all about. It is about money in the bank accounts of certain self appointed leaders and spokespersons for whichever designated race is politically correct at the moment.