Page 36 - WhoAreWe...

On Racism and Elitism

Why on earth does it seem so natural for so many of us to
automatically despise or resent, to one level or another,
those that do not share the same physical traits? Again,
there is no simple answer, but I would imagine it is most
likely a combination of built-in human flaw and frailty and
all the insecurities we apparently harbor from the earliest
days of man, when tribes fought each so fiercely for
survival. It is fair I think to surmise that many of those
tribes and the larger bands of humans that followed,
especially once humans had settled many parts of the world
with different climates, often looked very different and
were therefore considered the enemy. Reasonably
understandable, for those days I guess.

If our primary job here is to find a way to get along and
create positive spiritual energy, then this is something we
really need to work on. Now is truly time to look deeper at
ourselves and each other and see that underneath it all, we
are of the same flesh and blood, and the things that count
most in a human being, content of character, willingness to
serve the truth, and personal integrity, are feely and equally
found in all of us.

Elitism, as we will see below, is even worse because it
implies that a particular person is naturally superior to
virtually everyone, and that he was somehow selected to
posses ultimate human superiority by his creator.
Sociopathic? Yes, it is, just as racism is. In fact, the two are
often intertwined. The biggest downside in all of this is that
the racist and elitist, even with all of his negative diatribe
toward the intended target, is actually hurting himself more
than anyone because he is actively denying himself the
opportunity to show love, compassion, empathy and the
sharing of spiritual growth, stymieing himself in the

33