 Foto von Craig McLachlan auf Unsplash When I was younger I would visit the paternal side of my family more frequently, as we would have large gatherings for events. At this one gathering, I asked my sister to put some lipstick that she had on me just because I wanted to wear it. One of my uncles saw me a bit later with that lipstick on me and wasn’t very happy. He promptly took a napkin and forcefully wiped the makeup from my lips. He has since apologized, but when he did that, there was something in his head, an idea and an impulse that made him react like that. I’ve faced comments and similar treatment for doing more feminine things because I was a “boy” doing “girl” things.
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 Foto von Patrick Tomasso auf Unsplash Right at the start of the 21st Century, The Human Genome Project had completed mapping out all of the genetic information in humans. During the public announcement in June of 2000, “Craig Venter, Head of Celera Genomics and chief private scientist involved with the Human Genome Project, claimed that 'race' was not a scientifically valid construct” (McCann-Mortimer et al., 2004, p. 409). Racial distinctions “are not genetically discrete, are not reliably measured, and are not scientifically meaningful” (Smedly & Smedly, 2005, p. 16).
Race is an extremely important aspect of our contemporary world. It’s one of the first things you recognize in someone from as young as 3 months old and negative association begins before most enter preschool (Sullivan et al., 2021, p. 395). It alters our perceptions and opinions of each other. We check them off in boxes for applications of many kinds, but it has no biological basis. Race is an entirely social construct that many have tried and failed to base in biological science. Using Max Stirner’s (2009) words, race is a spook. |
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The Creative Nothingis an independent zine (part of The Paradox Magazine Family) focused on the work and legacy of Max Stirner. 
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