Race of the Future
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Image:Timeface.jpg The Race of the Future theory/idea states that due to the process of miscegenation, the mixing of different ethnicities or races, especially in marriage, cohabitation, or sexual relations, all the races are blending to become one race in the future. The idea was stated by Gottfried de Purucker, an author and theosophist. When asked about intermarriage in 1930, he warned against it saying "the race of the future will be a composite, composed of the many different races on earth today. Let us also remember that all men are ultimately of one blood." [1]Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi was an Austrian politician and geopolitician. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna and worked as journalist and editor of the journal "Paneuropa". Coudenhove-Kalergi held some controversial, less known, opinions about race mixing and the role of the Jews. In his book, Praktischer Idealismus, he wrote: "The man of the future will be of mixed race. Today's races and classes will gradually disappear owing to the vanishing of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future, similar in its appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals."
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[edit] In the United States
The proportion of multiracial children in the United States is growing rapidly. Interracial partnerships are rising, as are transracial adoptions. In 1990, about 14% of 18- to 19-year-olds, 12% of 20- to 21-year-olds and 7% of 34- to 35-year-olds were involved in interracial relationships (Joyner and Kao, 2005) [2].
[edit] Criticism
The theory assumes that eugenic races will not be created.
Critics say that it will damage "America's core" or all of the different opinions on what is supposed to be the one dream or looking for a better life. [3]
[edit] Multiracial celebrities
[edit] Tiger Woods
Woods's father, Earl Woods, was a Vietnam War veteran and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, of mixed black (50 percent), Chinese (25 percent) and Native American (25 percent) ancestry.
Woods' mother, Kultida Woods, is originally from Thailand, and is of mixed Thai (50 percent), Chinese (25 percent), and Dutch (25 percent) ancestry. This makes Woods himself one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Thai, one-quarter black, one-eighth Native American, and one-eighth Dutch. [4]
[edit] Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider is of mixed European and Asian decent. His father, Marvin Schneider, is a Jewish American real estate broker and his mother, Pilar Monroe, a former kindergarten teacher, and former President of the local School Board is a Filipino American.
[edit] Popular Culture
- The theory has only been popularized by Carlos Mencia on his show Mind of Mencia. In episode 2.05, Mencia hits the streets to find out what the race of the future would look like.
- The topic was the subject of frequent debate within The Doors, a Californian rock band. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek would espouse the virtues of a future unified "golden" race, while Jim Morrison lamented the dilution of individuality.
- In some parts of the world, the recessive charactaristics of Blonde hair and blue eyes have been regarded in popular culture as signs of that an individual is of mixed race but in some cultures (notably that of Nazi Germany) they have been seen as a sign of Racial Purity
- The South Park episode Goobacks features people from the future that visit the past in search of work. In that future the entire planet is populated with the race of the future, being the only race in existence. South Park goes even further in this multiraciality: next to their race being a mix of all the races we know today, the language they speak is a mix of all the current languages.
- Disappearing blonde gene was a hoax that started circulating in the media in 2002. According to this hoax, the WHO (or other experts) published a report that the gene responsible for blond hair is about to be extinct. WHO has issued a formal statement that it knows of no such report.[5]
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