Race and racism

[Lik3]

Why do I have such a fascination with race, history, and culture? Is it normal? I hate having this. It is as if I have become an expert. How do I overcome this? I believe that the obsession comes from doing research from my family tree. My great grandmother was a white woman, and her child, the youngest was half-black, half-white. He then married my great grandmother, who was light and had black, European, and Native ancestry. Her family descended from free people.

Unless a person was a slave, there was more information on therm that could be added to the census. I know this because of all of my research, I became obsessed. How do I begin to overcome this? I want to add more posts and create more videos on something else than race, racism, culture, and the sinfulness of racism. Is being a person who has this obsession committing the sin of being racist? I would like to think that I am not a racist, but I am not so sure. This is getting on my nerves. Where should I begin? I would like to stop but I don't know how. I have had thoughts off and on since I was 14.

Here is my evidence:
Gail Gerald's Musings: The issue of racism

Homework Assignment: Obsessive thoughts about race and racism 2

Homework Assignment: Christian Walk and the Narrow Road

Homework Assignment: Obsessive thoughts about race and racism

Homework Assignment: My obsession with the topic of race (from a forum post)

Homework Assignment: Obsessions, compulsions, and what I fear most

 

[SolomonVII]

Race is likely the least interesting thing about any person. To know nothing about a person other than his or her race is to know nothing at all about that person.
It is not racist to be interested about your ancestry. It is interesting to know something about your roots. It is racism to identity people based obsessively on the color of their skin.

 

[salt-n-light]

Why do I have such a fascination with race, history, and culture? Is it normal? I hate having this. It is as if I have become an expert. How do I overcome this? I believe that the obsession comes from doing research from my family tree. My great grandmother was a white woman, and her child, the youngest was half-black, half-white. He then married my great grandmother, who was light and had black, European, and Native ancestry. Her family descended from free people.

Unless a person was a slave, there was more information on therm that could be added to the census. I know this because of all of my research, I became obsessed. How do I begin to overcome this? I want to add more posts and create more videos on something else than race, racism, culture, and the sinfulness of racism. Is being a person who has this obsession committing the sin of being racist? I would like to think that I am not a racist, but I am not so sure. This is getting on my nerves. Where should I begin? I would like to stop but I don't know how. I have had thoughts off and on since I was 14.

Here is my evidence:
Gail Gerald's Musings: The issue of racism

Homework Assignment: Obsessive thoughts about race and racism 2

Homework Assignment: Christian Walk and the Narrow Road

Homework Assignment: Obsessive thoughts about race and racism

Homework Assignment: My obsession with the topic of race (from a forum post)

Homework Assignment: Obsessions, compulsions, and what I fear most

Maybe instead of focusing on the race aspect of the family tree, focus on the roles they have played or career they have established.It will show more of how their character, and not their skin color, has created the foundation for you to exist today. It can even give you inspiration.

But you're not racist. I don't see any sign of you showing hatred, you just more have a strong curiosity. Just don't let it be the only aspect. Humans are more complex than just skin color.

 

[Rescued One]

Why are caucasians called white? Aren't albinos more white?

 

[dreadnought]

Why do I have such a fascination with race, history, and culture? Is it normal? I hate having this. It is as if I have become an expert. How do I overcome this? I believe that the obsession comes from doing research from my family tree. My great grandmother was a white woman, and her child, the youngest was half-black, half-white. He then married my great grandmother, who was light and had black, European, and Native ancestry. Her family descended from free people.

Unless a person was a slave, there was more information on therm that could be added to the census. I know this because of all of my research, I became obsessed. How do I begin to overcome this? I want to add more posts and create more videos on something else than race, racism, culture, and the sinfulness of racism. Is being a person who has this obsession committing the sin of being racist? I would like to think that I am not a racist, but I am not so sure. This is getting on my nerves. Where should I begin? I would like to stop but I don't know how. I have had thoughts off and on since I was 14.

Here is my evidence:
Gail Gerald's Musings: The issue of racism

Homework Assignment: Obsessive thoughts about race and racism 2

Homework Assignment: Christian Walk and the Narrow Road

Homework Assignment: Obsessive thoughts about race and racism

Homework Assignment: My obsession with the topic of race (from a forum post)

Homework Assignment: Obsessions, compulsions, and what I fear most

If you aren't judging people by the color of their skin, and if you aren't accusing all kinds of people of being a racist, perhaps your "obsession" is healthy.

 

[salt-n-light]

Why are caucasians called white? Aren't albinos more white?

Their race is marked "clear". Ok probably a bad joke, I tried.

 

[SolomonVII]

Their race is marked "clear". Ok probably a bad joke, I tried.

You know, I am pretty sure that there are albinos that are not Caucasian. (I just googled it; there are)
"White" is a very malleable definition of race too. For example, in Europe, Spanish are generally seen to be as 'white' (aka European as anybody else.
But once they become Americanized, they get labeled into their own non-white special class, of Hispanic. They are as 'white' as Italians and Greeks and other Europeans like that, who end up being classified as white once they cross the Atlantic.
People from the Middle East, like Iranians lets say, don't consider themselves white, because they are not European. And probably most European descendants note the difference too, but the difference is not racial. All the markers of the 'browns' point to them being Caucasian. Even Hitler believed himself to be an Aryan, which is just another way of saying Iranian.
And what about East Indians. They are not East Asian race, or African race. They probably fall under the broad classification of Caucasian, and even the language group is Indo-European, but there is no way that their skin tone could be considered white in any way.

 

[godenver1]

Is being a person who has this obsession committing the sin of being racist?

Hi again, Lik3.

Your family background sounds fascinating and diverse. There is nothing wrong with wanting to study that. Is your studying out of genuine desire, or is it becoming a compulsion for you? If it's a compulsion, you should try to ease off, and if you can't, then I'd once again recommend seeing a qualified psychologist to help you get your OCD under management.

Assuming you treat all persons the same, regardless of race, gender, orientation or faith, then having a curiousity driven fascination with race doesn't make you racist. Love all your neighbours as yourself and you will be OK. Remember that your OCD doesn't define you, so don't let it.

 

[salt-n-light]

You know, I am pretty sure that there are albinos that are not Caucasian. (I just googled it; there are)
"White" is a very malleable definition of race too. For example, in Europe, Spanish are generally seen to be as 'white' (aka European as anybody else.
But once they become Americanized, they get labeled into their own non-white special class, of Hispanic. They are as 'white' as Italians and Greeks and other Europeans like that, who end up being classified as white once they cross the Atlantic.
People from the Middle East, like Iranians lets say, don't consider themselves white, because they are not European. And probably most European descendants note the difference too, but the difference is not racial. All the markers of the 'browns' point to them being Caucasian. Even Hitler believed himself to be an Aryan, which is just another way of saying Iranian.
And what about East Indians. They are not East Asian race, or African race. They probably fall under the broad classification of Caucasian, and even the language group is Indo-European, but there is no way that their skin tone could be considered white in any way.

Chill, I was joking. I am well aware of all that, lol.

 

[SolomonVII]

Chill, I was joking. I am well aware of all that, lol.

Chillin