The Colorblind Delusion: How Race Was Invented to Erase Humanity

We need to wake up. The idea of race has been so deeply embedded into our minds that we cannot fathom a world without it. We have been programmed to categorize, separate, and rank ourselves based on superficial traits—traits that have no bearing on intelligence, morality, or capability. Yet, we hold onto them as if they define our very existence.

Race is not real. It was created. And we should be ashamed of how deeply we’ve internalized a lie that serves only those in power.

The Fabrication of Race

Before European colonialism—MOST OF THE WORLD’s EXISTENCE—people were defined by culture, language, and geography—not skin color. The categorization of humans into racial groups was not an organic evolution of human identity; it was a deliberate tool used to DIVIDE the common folk.

Even within Europe, vast differences existed between Spaniards, Italians, Greeks, and the French—differences in language, traditions, and worldviews. Yet, over time, these unique cultures were folded into a monolithic racial category: white. Why? Because unity under whiteness was strategically beneficial for maintaining control (not civilizing, not helping) over non-European peoples.

When Europeans arrived in Africa and the Americas, they imposed the same manufactured hierarchy, reducing entire civilizations to a single label: Black, Indigenous, Other. These labels had nothing to do with biology and everything to do with control. And today, we still cling to them as if they are absolute truths.

The Epigenetics of Fear: How the Dark Ages Shaped European Anxiety

The European Dark Ages were not just a period of technological stagnation; they were an era of extreme scarcity, plague, and social collapse. Generations of Europeans were raised in a state of existential fear, believing that survival required defending against constant external threats. This fear was so deeply ingrained that it became part of their collective psychology—passed down through generations via epigenetics.

By the time Europe re-emerged from the Dark Ages, this survival-based mindset had been fully institutionalized. The world was no longer seen as a place of mutual exchange but as a battlefield where dominance meant survival. This paranoia fueled colonial expansion, the creation of race-based hierarchies, and the justification for violent conquest.

What’s ironic is that while European powers feared being eradicated by the rest of the world, no such coordinated threat ever existed. If other civilizations wanted to eradicate Europeans, they could have—but they didn’t. The truth is, that most people were too consumed with their dysfunctional societies to make European extinction a priority.

The real existential threat? The systems that Europeans built to contain others are now turning inward, shrinking the very power structures they created.

The Colorblind Fallacy & The Census Manipulation

Saying “I don’t see race” is not an enlightened position; it is an admission of ignorance. It means you refuse to acknowledge the history of racial categorization, the systems it created, and the impact it continues to have.

If race didn’t matter, why was it created in the first place? Why did governments and institutions spend centuries enforcing it through law, education, and economic structures? Why are we still feeling the effects today?

Colorblindness is not the solution—it’s an excuse to avoid confronting the consequences of racial thinking.

At the institutional level, the Census has been one of the most powerful tools of manipulation. Through selective categorization, it has defined which groups receive federal resources, which groups are politically recognized, and which groups are systematically erased. If racial categories were truly irrelevant, why have they been baked into how funding, healthcare, and education are distributed?

The Hypocrisy of “Colorblindness”

Ignoring something does not make it go away. It only ensures that the problems remain unaddressed.

Who Benefits from Reinforcing Race vs Ethnicity?

Let’s be real: race benefits those in power. It creates a framework where inequality is justified, where certain groups are seen as superior while others are permanently disadvantaged. If we continue to accept race as a legitimate concept, we are complicit in the very system that dehumanizes us.

History Proves Cultural Identity Does Not Require Racial Classification

Acknowledging cultural identity does not mean reinforcing racial divisions. History is full of examples of meaningful cultural exchange that did not rely on racial hierarchies.

Take, for example, the Yoruba and Nordic seafarers. Through trade, metallurgy, and navigation, these two groups—who looked nothing alike—engaged in mutual learning without imposing racial categories on one another. They didn’t need to create an artificial ranking system to recognize each other’s worth. They understood that difference did not mean division—it meant depth.

Colonialism destroyed unity. Instead of allowing cultures to thrive on their own terms, European expansionism imposed a racial framework that demanded assimilation or destruction.

Letting Go of the Illusion of Race

We need to ask ourselves: Why are we so afraid to let go of race?

Science has already debunked it. Genetically, all humans are 99.9% identical. Is the other 1% the beings in power? The differences we obsess over—skin color, hair texture, facial features—are adaptations to climate, not markers of superiority or inferiority. They are as trivial as eye color.

Yet, we cling to race because we have been manipulated into believing it matters. Because it gives people a sense of identity, even if that identity was imposed upon them. Because power structures rely on it to maintain control.

If we want to dismantle racism, we must first dismantle the belief that race is real.

Final Thoughts: The Urgent Wake-Up Call

Race is a lie. A carefully constructed, deeply ingrained, and ruthlessly defended lie.

We cannot continue to be prisoners of a system that was meant to control us. We cannot pretend that ignoring race will undo the damage done by people who weaponized their assigned racial classification. And we cannot allow those in power to continue manipulating us into believing that racial divisions are anything but a tool of control.

It’s time to wake up. Not by pretending race doesn’t exist, but by understanding that it never should have.

Let’s dismantle the illusion once and for all and petition the government to remove racial classifications from the US Census.

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