Hey Bill, a few things:
The human brain operates in the “Subjective”. Even “Objectivity” is a product of subjective minds.
We are learning that the human brain is primarily, a predictive device. So there are potentially 7 billion subjectively created human world views so your idea that human nature is “impossible to describe”, well yeah, and “one can only speculate”. If you are a scientist, you might call it hypothesizing but the basis for science is “I Don’t Know”.
Me, I Don’t Know!?!
You? You use personal anecdotal details about yourself to make your point about why white people are not guilty. Hey, “I’m a white person” and I’m not guilty. I’m a good guy.
Me I’m White, but I wasn’t always. I’m a mix of Irish and Sicilian. A mick and a wap. both are terms of denigration and for the longest time, definitely not white. But “White’s” a fiction. And I am guilty of so much but you know what Jesus said: He who is without sin gets to throw the first stone. Are you the first stone thrower?
We are social creatures and live within one form of cultural manifestation or another.
It took me most of my life to realize that culture, any kind of cultural manifestation is a subjectively made up thing and is a fiction.
So, Race and Racism…a fiction. Marriage…a fiction. Religion…you bet, it is a fiction. Government, all forms of Social Contracts…Fictions. Human Rights…Fiction.
Still Genetics has a part to play. We’ll see how it plays out sometime in the future.
I appreciate that you are going to vote for Harris though. That’s good.