Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Golden Race 3.0

Golden race is a phrase my inner circle uses to categorize multi-racial Americans.  Before getting offended and screaming, "Wait a minute, using the phrase golden race is just another way of putting groups of people in the metaphorical box in an attempt to define the characteristics of that group." I can see that.  However, when my inner circle says golden race it is more of a way for us to analyze what we think race will mean in the future with the wide scale injection of this group for whom race can not be defined.  I mean, how would the grandchildren of two multi-racial people (the Golden Race 3.0) define themselves in terms of race?  Are you 1/8 Cherokee, 1/8 African, 1/8 Latino, 1/8 Italian, 1/8 Japanese... I mean seriously, where would it end?  At which point does it border on silly to use race as a definition for any group? Will the era of the 3.0 finally usher in a post racial America? Things to ponder. I don't have the answers but I find the dialogue on whether or not we continue to use race to differentiate ourselves a fascinating one.

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