Race is due to ecosystem impact, formed in a place relatively isolated and pressing people to adapt. What color they are, the shape of their nose, the foods they prefer, the furniture they sit on, the way the mothers shape the ideas of the world for their children -- all of that has nothing to do with race as a unique physical quality. It has everything to do with culture, which has nothing to do with anatomy. Culture is an invisible mental and emotional system in which humans live. Culture has no color.
https://www.livescience.com/21478-what-is-culture-definition-of-culture.html
"Jul 12, 2017 - Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. ... The word "culture" derives from a French term, which in turn derives from the Latin "colere," which means to tend to the earth and grow, or cultivation and nurture."
Trump has a very specific culture which is based on immigrant scrambling for money, regardless of ethics, but he yearns to be truly "cultured" in terms of respected European values as described in the paragraph above. He doesn't have the temperament, the education, or the family that would allow him to be respected in the disguised terms of European royalty -- not even as much as past dynasties like Bush, Kennedy, Nixon (oh, sorry, Nixon's descendants became peripheral.), and to a minor degree Clinton. (Horizontal legacy?) At least these families had an understanding of what culture is.
Money and force (mafia-style second hand surrogate punishers and gate-keepers) are not enough to make one become a member of an existing and respected old culture or to create a new culture. Even before Trump's mind was diminished by dementia or senility or disease or drug-use, he was not able and would not have recognized a more sophisticated omni-culture or theory of the whole.
The passage that starts here is so good that I couldn't resist copying some of it, though redacting. If you want more of it, go to:
The Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition (http://carla.umn.edu/index.html) goes a step further, defining culture as shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and understanding that are learned by socialization. Thus, it can be seen as the growth of a group identity fostered by social patterns unique to the group.
"Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music, what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at the table, how we greet visitors, how we behave with loved ones, and a million other things,"
"The term "Western culture" has come to define the culture of European countries as well as those that have been heavily influenced by European immigration, such as the United States. Western culture has its roots in the Classical Period of the Greco-Roman era and the rise of Christianity in the 14th century. Other drivers of Western culture include Latin, Celtic, Germanic and Hellenic ethnic and linguistic groups."
The sources cited here above are self-congratulatory retro-thought rather than diagnostic identification of what exists. Some paleontologists are beginning to emphasize the invasion of the steppe horseback peoples much, much earlier. This tilts the argument towards genomic qualities, physical propensities. It is characteristic of "white" culture to project their nature onto everyone else without justification.
Eastern culture
"Eastern culture generally refers to the societal norms of countries in Far East Asia (including China, Japan, Vietnam, North Korea and South Korea) and the Indian subcontinent. Like the West, Eastern culture was heavily influenced by religion during its early development, but it was also heavily influenced by the growth and harvesting of rice. . . In general, in Eastern culture there is less of a distinction between secular society and religious philosophy than there is in the West."
Latin culture
"Many of the Spanish-speaking nations are considered part of the Latin culture, while the geographic region is widespread. Latin America is typically defined as those parts of the Central America, South America and Mexico where Spanish or Portuguese are the dominant languages. . . ."
Middle Eastern culture
"The countries of the Middle East have some but not all things in common. This is not a surprise, since the area consists of approximately 20 countries, according to PBS. The Arabic language is one thing that is common throughout the region; however, the wide variety of dialect can sometimes make communication difficult. Religion is another cultural area that the countries of the Middle East have in common. The Middle East is the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam."
So why are they from the beginning opposed to each other and warring over dominance? Does it come from a diminishing ecology or has Europe seized the labels for their own uses?
African culture
"The continent of Africa is essential to all cultures. . . . Africa is home to a number of tribes, ethnic and social groups. One of the key features of this culture is the large number of ethnic groups throughout the 54 countries on the continent. . . .Currently, Africa is divided into two cultural groups: North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. This is because Northwest Africa has strong ties to Middle East, while Sub-Saharan Africa shares historical, physical and social characteristics that are very different from North Africa. . . The harsh environment has been a large factor in the development of Sub-Saharan Africa culture, as there are a number of languages, cuisines, art and musical styles that have sprung up among the far-flung populations."
Cultures of the Americas
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This information exists, though most Americans only know "Indians" from the movies and believe that Hispanics are not the same as other peoples indigenous to these connected continents. Like Africa there are many countries and languages, all varying according to their ecology: "fish Indians," "horse Indians," "desert Indians," "jungle Indians", and the Peoples of the Far North. Someone needs to work on this, create a hunger to know about it. Why should Manhattan island rule the world?
When people of the small towns in the US call themselves "white supremacists" or even "Americans as they were and should be", they are ignoring history and denying the facts, which is that they are trying to replicate a dominance in Europe they never had -- in short, a fantasy, possibly hatched in the horseback hearts of steppe-dwelling hordes. What is the new culture we should be building in which the ecology is a whole planet?
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