Racism to culturism.

The west was long accused of racism ie discriminating based on skin colour. It was widely believed that people of certain skin colours are inferior to other skin colours.

Even many doctors at that time, under the pressure of the ruling elite, produced research papers proving particular skin types to be biologically inferior.

Today, it is a generally accepted and even scientifically proved fact that people of all skin types are biologically similar. This took away the very basis for racism.

Now that there’s no scientific backing for racism, several groups have sprang up trying to put down any attempt at racism.

But even if it is proven that all skin types are biologically equal, something that is still believed is that different cultures shape different people and this has become the new ground for discrimination, those discriminating on this basis are called culturists.

Culturists, like racists, discriminate against certain groups but not on the basis of skin colour but on the basis of culture. A classic example of this can be when Indian firms refuse to recruit black Africans because they believe that it’s the culture of Africa that isn’t suited for their workspace, not the skin colour.

Culture becomes a safe excuse for discrimination. It is difficult to argue with culturists because it is very much accepted that the culture one grows in has massive impact on one’s personality.

If one grows up in African country where drugs are the norm then it is bound to have an impact on the person growing up in that culture.

As discriminating on the basis of skin colour is losing steam, discriminating in the name of culture is gaining steam.

The world is slowly shifting from racism to culturism. Neither of which is good. Fighting culturism will be a much fierce task as compared to against racism. Are we up for the challenge?

-ChoubeySahab