Part 1
The Opinion Quagmire
If you’re curious about the title, it’s kind of a
sequel to my earlier “Who am I?” article and
the recent Rachael Dolezal’s altered identity
Larry Wonderling uproar. Consider it a metaphor about why so
many of us fallible humans have fierce opinions
about some of life’s specious questions. As we humans obtain
such psychosocial “facts” to questions, we tend to forget that
those answers are simply unverifiable opinions based on other
opinions, including our race.
Yet, most of our beliefs, biases, convictions, and traditions in
civilized societies may eventually translate into coveted facts
or laws. When I read of the uproar over Dolezal’s birth to white
parents, I half snickered with a “so what?” Compared to her
clearly more relevant personal black identity and lifestyle, she
was probably already emerging as black when, at age five, she
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drew herself using a brown crayon. She’s been an advocate of
blacks virtually her entire life, including the head of the Seattle,
Washington NAACP, part time African studies instructor, and
chair of an oversight committee that monitors fairness in police
activities. She also had a black husband and two adopted
black boys, etc. It’s further noted that since 1950, science has
concluded that the term “race” is not a scientifically distinct
biological entity. It’s simply a cultural label or civilized way of
distinguishing between groups.
I may be a personal example of those fuzzy assumptions
regarding racial purity in our civilized cultures. My grandmother
admitted having an affair with a black man, resulting in the
birth of my mother, who was a dark complexioned beauty of
the “Lena Horn” type. When she and grandma revealed this
shocking event to me in my teens, my question then was, “so
what?” and it still is.
As for the questionnaire lurking below, I simply need your
personal opinions, while hopefully stimulating a thoughtful
involvement with this article. So have fun with your anticipated
frowns and grins. I’ll share my opinions with you next month
in Part two.
1) As humans, what beliefs, attitudes, political preferences,
religious orientation or laws are we born with?
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4) What differences would birth in another country have had
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5) Are virtually all laws beneficial to each other’s wellbeing?
6) What have been the most powerful influences in your life
since birth?
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7) What’s makes the most objective and rational “sense”
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8) Would you rather be a humanitarian or a “survival of the
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9) Are there any flaws in our Constitution or Democracy?
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