Mythical Taxonomy
Categories are mirages. They disappear the closer you get. I wake up at night wondering why Chuck Berry is rock and roll and not the blues. Who was it that divided us into teams of black and white? Categories are illusions, but it's hard to play without them. They point the way but are not the way. If we squint too hard our foundation might collapse.
Slavery divided us into teams of black and white. Slavery is as old as man, but America was the only culture that enslaved solely based on color. This is why it casts such a strong shadow through our society to this day. However, you rightly observe that as you draw nearer, the distinctions fall away, so there is hope for us all as we jostle through life together.
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