Mono race = In this context mono race means that's only one race among the humanity because of a lot of interracial relationships mixing us so we becomes one single race. That means no Caucasian, Asian, black etc. #MonoRacial#Race#HumanEvolving
Yes, it would be a mono race and racism would vanish
Yes, it would be a mono race, but racism would be a bit different
No, it won't be a mono race and it would stay how it's now
Yes, this is what scientists expect will happen if we assume there won't be any major catastrophes that wipe out humanity or a large part of it. However, it will take a long time for this process to be completed. Estimates talk about the year 3,000 or 3,500... so it's not something that we or our children will get to experience.
Humans of the year 3,000 will likely have a mix of features from different races. They will have a slightly brownish (caramel) skin tone and darkish hair. Their eyes will probably have become bigger through natural selection in order to improve visual ability and their jaws might be smaller and rounder because they won't have to process very hard foods anymore (less chewing). Researchers also believe that future humans will be slightly taller, reaching around 1.90m on average. The Asian stub nose might survive but the folded eyelid will likely die out. Lips will probably be rather full. Some scientists also believe that men's genitals will be slightly bigger because this is a process that has been going on for thousands of years now (natural selection).
Apart from that, the people of the year 3,000 will also speak different languages and possibly believe in different things than we do. Their English would not be recognizable to us anymore or only with great effort, just like Old English must be studied like a foreign language in order to be understood.
I am assuming that racism as we know it will not exist anymore since racial differences won't exist anymore either. Humans will still look different but the differences will be much slighter than today. However, this doesn't mean there won't be any discrimination anymore. I am certain that people and societies will find new ways of forming in-group and out-group feelings and discriminating certain people. My guess is that socio-economic factors will play a larger and larger factor during the coming decades and centuries. I could imagine a world like in "Brave New World", where people are grouped into different classes, according to how wealthy and how educated they are. But then again, a lot can happen in 1,000 years and it's almost impossible to make any accurate predictions whatsoever. Just imagine the people of the Middle Ages would have had to predict the year 2017. I'm sure they would have miserably failed. And some people such as Stephen Hawking don't even believe we'll make it to the year 3,000.
You says people would maybe get a smaller jawline, have a slightly brownish skin, kinda dark hair etc. So do that mean humans would maybe look like these people on the picture I put in the question? : )
Maybe. I was thinking more like Brazilians but I guess this is also possible. In the end, it's almost impossible to say because it depends on many different factors. One factor is certainly genetics: which traits are dominant, which are recessive. Another factor is genome engineering. For example: will people start to influence how we look buy interfering with science? Another factor is natural selection: which traits will be necessary/helpful and which won't be? And I'm sure there are other factors to this... I'm not an anthropologist ;-). The natural selection factor will probably have the smallest influence because evolution just doesn't work that fast. But maybe in 10,000 years or 100,000 years, evolution might have dramatically changed the way humans look.
No because Dark skin is a dominant trait and light skin is a recessive meaning that no matter what you do their will always be people with dark skin and others with light skin. You can reduce the ratio but you can't remove the genes, same with blue eyes, its recessive and as such if both parents have a recessive gene for it then their is a high probability of the child having blue eyes, that never goes away so while the ratio of people with blues eyes may not be high it will still have the same chances of occurring no matter how intermixed people become. The other issue is that in order for people to be one race we would have to constantly be introducing new people as even if you could introduce one "mixed"(we are all mixed technically) race into a region, eventually it will with limited gene pool and environmental factors become a separate group with its own unique genetic traits. You would have to constantly force different groups into the region over and over again to ensure every one stays mixed which would be highly impractical and unlikely. As for racism, their is minimal racism in the world today, its often over stated (to an extreme) however racism will never go away because the issue isn't race (scientifically speaking their is no such thing as race) its tribalism. We naturally gravitate to groups with similar cultures and people who look similar to us. Notice how subgroups dress the same, use similar terms etc?(like punk rockers, metal heads, business men and political groups) That's because we gravitate to similarity so the issue isn't race its tribalism and that's genetic so its not really going anywhere, the only thing that can be done is to be aware of it.
More and more possible of people blending together, but there would hardly be a mono race... Since that would entail they're all very similar... which will never happen.
What will happen, probably, is they'll all be very different, but with similar skin coloring...
And the racism would be far worse, I would think... Why? I think when the differences aren't as obvious as skin color, they will begin to nitpick and judge others harsher on the basis of looks - so then maybe people with light eyes would be the predominantly more attractive and people with dark eyes won't be... Or people with curly hair would be more appealing than those with straight... And the ones with curly hair and light eyes would be the most beautiful...
(I'm just spit-balling here... No way to know what will truly be the most attractive trait in later history... But this is a logical way of looking at what might be.)
As much as I wish we didn't become mono race (I love our differences, we look different and each race has beautiful special features) I think in a far away future we will. But I think racism can still happen in different ways like maybe they will discriminate people with lighter hair, or curly hair, or freckles, dark eyes... I mean even a same race has different trait right? If every human is mixed some with have a race in different areas maybe caucasian eyes, African American hair, middle eastern nose, and another person will have native American hair, caucasian skin, and African American nose. And then people may see some superior than the other... Am I explaining myself? There are always gonna be ignorant people I think. I dunno.
No. Most racism is not even between races or for racial differences. For example, there is a LOT of racism within races, with east Indians coming to mind the most. Where the idea of how you are allowed to marry fellow indians of the 'right caste' continues to this day.
So.. that's a valid point to consider if maybe, once we have truly become just one massive race, maybe racism will be done for. Which I highly doubt, though, seeing as how much of an issue caste/cultural/religious differences seem to be quite the grounds for discrimination. Also, lets not forget how even within the same race, not everyone will be of the same lightness/darkness and there will be racism faced by the darker bunch by people of the same race.
@lala_ray LOL damn I write some crazy shit when I get home at 1am and am sleepy/drunk af. :P Regarding the burning of people in north america because they were believe to be witches.. that had nothing to do with skin colour seeing as how everyone (who wasn't a servant and.:. people would even bother making such a show of treating poorly) then was white.
Joseph Glanvill claimed that he could prove the existence of witches and ghosts of the supernatural realm. Here, he claimed that ingenious men should believe in witches and apparitions- if they doubted the reality of spirits, they not only denied demons, but also god. Glanvill wanted to prove that the supernatural could not be denied, making those who denied such beliefs guilty of heresy, Therefore, 'witches'.
I apologise for my rudeness... I just loose my cool when people interpreat my culture in a false way... every sociaty has its flaw... I know India is racist country... racist enough to discriminate fellow Indians... but that has nothing to do with cast it is purely on skin colour and appearance...(mostly dark skinned and Asian-indians face discrimination here but we are working on it right now mostly young generation is rejecting those notions )... caste is something based on your family profession in past... it has nothing to do with skin colour... take my example I am pretty much at the top of caste ladder but my skin colour is probably wheatish complexion... my dad is dark skinned.. my mom is light skinned so caste has nothing to do with it... and about witches... thank you for the info... I need to do a deep research before muttering anything else about them.
@lala_ray I never said that India is a racist country? It's not like India is the only country that has a caste ladder, or intraracial racism. I mean, my boyfriend is southeast Asian and it's insane how much 'racism' there is within that race as well. As for African countries, I've had no first-hand experience in terms of friends who are black telling me about it but I'm sure we've all heard about the whole 'light-skinned' versus 'dark-skinned' issue within the black community.
Hey I am not accusing you of saying something... I am sorry if I sound like that... I am working on my English right now.. I know racism exists everywhere... all I wanted to say is caste based discrimination is almost nowhere now a days and it has nothing to do with skin colour.
I say NEVER. While there are more interracial relationships today than in the 50s, people, most couples are still of the same race. It's just natural to gravitate more to someone who is similar to you, specifically, the same race as you. You always see this in couples even today. It's not going away
Rasism is just another illusion of difference. Don't get me wrong, someone dark skinned is obviously physically different than me, but it's not a difference in worth. What causes so much conflict between people is that we think we ARE our differences. As long as we think we ARE our EXPERINECE there will be conflict. Nationalities, religions, diets - as long as we strongly identify as being something that others aren't, there's conflict. Black people think they are their race. White people think they are their race. We aren't. We experience it. The absurdity is that we hate on each other for having a different experience. Hate based on such dumb things will obviously change if there's just one race, but manifest in other areas anyways.
We must realize that we are all one. One clan of lives, experiencing. Animals, all people, plants, we all live - and that makes us all be in a shared situation. We are all in this together - life. Who the fuck wants to waste it on hating, torturing, bullying and killing those with a different experience?
Dude people would just find something else to bitch about. Racism isn't the problem, the problem is that humans have some weird need to feel superior and will find or make up all kinds of shit to put themselves over others. Even if you took race out of the equation, society would just find some other factor to divide themselves over and fight about.
Will people become more mixed? Yes. It was just a few decades ago in the US where whites & blacks procreating was illegal. As we continue moving away from that, we'll see more and more mixed children. Will that stop racism? Definitely not. Will it affect it? Yes. Racism is an ideology, a way of thinking. Racism only stops when the mentality of it being logical stops. Even in people who are mixed with many races, you'll still be able to tell most of the time which race is more prominent on them. That's how racism is. Racists don't pull out and examine your genetic paperwork. They judge by what they see and if what they see is subhuman based on their opinions, then racism is still capable.
Not in our lifetime anyway And well you'd be surprised how homogeneous some cultures still are. Japan and Korea are still mostly "pure" for example or at least mostly Asian
I think it would need racism to be gone in order for it to be possible to get to a "monorace" and possibly it would require a monorace for racism to go away
And by the end of the day if it's not race, it's something else. We're a tribal species and we like to keep company of the people that are like us and be suspicious of those that aren't
You can't abolish racism, that would also require abolishment of all race love. When people are indifferent, neither hate or love, then racism would be gone. You can't control what people think and feel. I don't support racists, but they have the right to say what they want, thats the point that anyone no matter how ridiculous can say what they want. If they act on it, that can be punishable.
Having a mono race is just like HItler's idea. That is a master race, and who gets to decide what race we all become? That is a terrible idea.
I'm going to have to say that racism will not cease to exist. I also don't believe that there will ever be just one race. Especially when considering an atavism can occur at any point making a race that was long to believed to be gone to come back. Even in the hypothetical that there was only one race us humans will find something else to discriminate against. We, as a species, have an innate sense of being better. We, as a species, will always find something wrong with another to make ourselves appear better/superior the other. There may rise a culture where straight hair is the desired trait while curly haired individuals are 2nd class citizens and in another culture on the other side of the planet the reverse could be true.
I don't believe that the human race will become a monorace and I think its better that way, we want a salad bowl, not a melting pot thats what I always say. Mix cultures but dont blend them all into one that just destroys all the cultures and history from before ya know? However, that being said, if humans were to become a monorace, Im sure we'd still be able to find something to be racist about. Racism is less about wanting to hurt another race than it is about wanting your own race to feel better. Thus, if someone wants to feel better than another bc of their race, they will find a way. Maybe eye color or heritage, who knows. Racism or anything like it will never go away thats a part of human nature.
Depends how long of a future we are talking about. If we are talking 50 years then no. If 300 years then probably yes. Though 300 years doesn't look realistic to the simple question of: will the human race even exist considering what kind of technological power and population size is going to ensue
The thought that we will become a mono-race is depressing. It means people won't have a national identity. Knowing where you come from and who is your ancestors is a part of your personal identity. Whole cultures and traditions would be lost, such as greek tradition, religions as well. It's a possible scenario due to globalization, the internet and mainstream culture. But I hope it won't happen. The way to end racism is not to eliminate differences. Hitler wanted to eliminate differences, and for one race to remain. Those thoughts are dangerous. The way to end racism is to show compassion to others, accept them all as brothers and sisters, and be open to the people who think differently than you. Learning about other cultures is also a way to understand them better, and consequently to be more receptive.
There is no such biological thing as race. Humans are all already related to one another. We differentiated in appearance through regional evolution. We will continue to evolve. Physical traits that make a person most adapted to his/her environment will continue to be passed down.
If the world does become a melting pot over time (which is predicted it will be), then yes we would eventually all have similar colouring. But that won't stop discriminating in other ways. People will still have issues with The Straight-Haired People or the Freckled Poeple. Humans will still be different enough in some ways to find some reason to separate each other. I voted B.
That's exactly what I was thinking about! People need compassion, inderstanding, receptiveness and love towards the people who are different than them. And knowledge about their culture
That's not racism though. But I do agree, people will probably start to emphasize those small differences even more as there will be less features to differentiate people.
Humans are always going to find ways to put certain groups down. "You're from the East side? Shit you must be poor/dumb", "you went to that school? You must be poor/dumb", "errr you do that kind of job? you must be lazy/poor/dumb"
Racism is just a small subset of a much bigger issue of discrimination. It's just the buzz topic the media and society focuses on. It's like one flake in a bowl of cereal. There's lot of other reasons people will discriminate. What happened in Rwanda is a example.
I doubt that discrimination against outsiders would go away entirely. It's an animal instinct to mistrust those that we don't know. It's not one that we have succeeded in getting rid of. As a general rule, humans fear that which is not exactly like them. It's not quite the recipe for tolerance.
The short term solution is to eradicate the racial bias in our minds. I actually enjoy the fact that we are all different in color, size, language and ethnicity. That's what makes the world exciting!
Would you want to travel all the way to China to see people who look and act and speak exactly like you? How boring is that? I like the fact that there are people far different from myself that I can learn from. Remember what the French say: "vive la difference !"
hi and hmmm, my first thoughts were my children, 14 and 11 and if i consider their vision it would be one human race irrelevant of anything else and that all should be treated equally. Especially the younger one, anything at all that goes against respect for each other drives her to distraction.. i appreciate her beliefs are founded by several factors some of which are through school and media in the positive sense but she is so upset that her Bulgarian friend suffers racism and hates her skin colour and is insecure. So if people of that age are still projecting hurt it troubles me really that despite all that is portrayed to us what has really changed? xx
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