@innuendo, in @stellabelle's defense I do not believe that was the intention. Well, I hope that wasn't the intention, considering the diction thus far. I hope that it was a meant as a statement to reintroduce how self-induced superiority has both perpetuated and created this so called racial divide.

I say "so called" because by admitting there is racial divide only proves the fact that you have implemented the same opinions that causes the rift in the first place. (And I use you in a general sense). Techincally speaking, the term "white male" is used to imply the sense of entitlement aroused by the mere idea that one is capable of manipulating a social construct into ones favor, and those affected are expected to adjust. In western history, this can seen through colonialism, slavery, genocide, and religious persecution. If you look at how society's were established in acient times, identity wasn't influenced by racial identity.....it's was by cultural identity. If you take away ones cultural identity, you take away their sense of self, and even though race and culture tend to be used synonymously today, it is cultural disregard and lack of empathy that are the roots to the social construct of race.

I guess my main point is that by arguing the social nuances of race, and we fail to contemplate the basis for why racial indenty plays a major part of perception , and the purpose for why racial ideologies were implemented in the first place.