![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately, we should realize that there is really only one human race, since we are among the most genetically similar of all species. Now we can actually see that the Earth is our common homeland, and we are all global villagers. It was not biology but rather the local environmental and geographic conditions that caused differences in skin tone that we now identify as different races.ĭNA has changed how we should see ourselves in relation to each other, and what we think of as home. Although more than seven billion of us inhabit the planet today, every human being-of any so-called “race”-is at least a 50th cousin to every other person, and most of us are far more closely related. – Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life, pp. We are each literally related-biologically-to every other human being, because we all share the same common ancestors. What DNA tells us, beyond confirming the reality of evolution, is that all human beings alive today are the descendants of ancestors who set out from Africa some 70,000 years ago and migrated to different continents. Scientists now consult this “genetic scripture” to better understand the physical realm, just as spiritual seekers consult religious scripture, revealed by the prophets of God, to acquire insight into the principles governing the spiritual realm. – Matt Ridley, “Modern Darwins,” National Geographic, February 2009. ![]() Their discovery of DNA, a genetic code that all life has embedded in its cells, was a paradigm shifter for genetics, genealogy, and molecular anthropology. What Charles Darwin deduced about evolution in the 1880s regarding the interrelatedness of all life-that “All the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form”-was scientifically confirmed by Watson and Crick in 1953. Science has concurred with and eventually validated this spiritual truth. – Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. This earth is one household and the nativity of all humanity therefore the human race should ignore distinctions and boundaries which are artificial … the reality is that humanity is one … Therefore false distinctions of race and nativity, which are factors and causes of warfare, must be abandoned. – Abdu’l-Baha, quoted by Shoghi Effendi in The Promised Day Is Come, p. In this wondrous Revelation, this glorious century, the foundation of the Faith of God, and the distinguishing feature of His Law, is the consciousness of the oneness of mankind. In every Dispensation, the light of Divine Guidance has been focused upon one central theme …. – Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race. That new revelation would again try to instill in the hearts of humanity a profound understanding and appreciation of its essential unity and oneness: By the mid-19th century, with humanity ready to move on to its next stage of collective development, another divine revelation arose in the person and writings of Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Baha’i Faith. To this end, the goal of race unity is not just wishful thinking, but a vision that lies at the heart of the world’s spiritual traditions-and a truth that is shared by science. Issues like nationality and ethnicity, and then race, became the primary separators during the era of nation-building and slavery.Īs the needs and priorities of humanity continually evolve, we seem to now be passing from an era characterized by a consciousness of duality, in which many cultures live in conflict with one another, into another era defined by a growing consciousness of oneness, in which cultures could peacefully coexist in harmony and unity.Īs a white male, and a believer in the oneness of humanity, it is my responsibility to understand, apply, and put into practice both current scientific truth and universal spiritual principles to help bring about race unity. The more we multiplied and allowed greed, envy, and false senses of superiority to dominate our thinking, the more we began to see our differences of color as differences in kind. The social construct of race was created to separate us, resulting in humanity becoming splintered into many groups and communities, though we had always been nomads, wanderers, and migrants on this Earth. ![]() This idea of different races gradually became a social reality, resulting in privileges for some and inequitable disadvantages for others-and in what we now call racism, seen as the most challenging social issue of our time. By claiming that there were many “races,” those in power benefited. The term “race” was introduced in the English language less than 500 years ago. In ancient Greece, the concept of “race” didn’t come into play as much as social class, language, and religion. ![]()
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