Abhijit Naskar's Blog - Posts Tagged "ethnicity"

Ancestral roots count for nothing,
modern humans are identified by behavior.
In the end, all roots lead to Africa –
transcending roots we lay the human culture.

Beyond markers of immediate biological family,
DNA ancestry tests are practically meaningless.
There is no genetic test for ethnicity –
science declares sanctions on racism, not validation.

There is no White DNA, Black DNA.
There is no Muslim DNA, Jewish DNA.
There is no Aryan DNA, Dravidian DNA.
We’re made of stuff of the stars,
why do you still rot in the jungle gutter!

If you are seeking validation
for your bigotry and prejudice,
all we scientists can offer you are
directions to the nearest psychiatrist.

If anthropology is anything to go by,
and if there is a God, then it’d be a black woman,
not a white, bearded, patronizing, male git –
because the only entity who could be considered
the origin of the human race, is a black woman –
not Adam, but Eve – a black Eve.

But then again, considering all the massacres,
genocide, persecution, and downright mindlessness,
perhaps God is indeed a white guy, because nobody
could’ve screwed up so neatly except a white colonialist.

But sarcasm aside, let’s talk some facts of biology –
no ethnicity has exclusive predisposition for atrocity,
just like no ethnicity has a franchise over greatness –
morons come in all shapes, sizes, genders and colors.

In nature there is no ethnicity,
there is only ecosystem of synergy.
Ethnicity is a product of dogma,
not a marker of human capacity.

I hear, ‘just because you’re a citizen,
doesn’t mean you’re an american’.
I say, just because you’re american,
doesn’t mean you’re a civilized human.

I hear, ‘just because you’re a citizen,
doesn’t mean you’re english or australian’.
I say, just because you’re english or aussie,
doesn’t mean you’re a civilized human.

I hear, ‘hindi bolnese koi hindustani nahi banjaata’,
I say, hindustani bannese koi insan nahi banjaata.
Ved, Koran ya Bible ratta maarnese koi pak ya pavitra
nahi banjaata, there’s no greater granth than chetna.

Tyranny never comes dressed as tyranny,
tyranny always comes dressed as tradition.
İyilik evren benim, tüm kâinat benim mahalle,
dogma de la etnicidad arruina la civilización.