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Unnecessary labels beget Unnecessary divide, turmoil

Jason Crocker,
Marlborough, MA

I used these six words in order to encapsulate and display what race means to me. I used anaphora to further emphasize the fact that it is unnecessary by repeating it multiple times. I chose the word “beget” instead of “create”, as I felt that it was a better descriptor for what I was trying to say.
The main idea of my race card is to communicate the idea that racial divide is unnecessary, and that these unnecessary labels and groups cause what would’ve otherwise been two very similar people to see cosmetic differences between themselves, creating separation between them for no logical or rational reason. This divide begets turmoil for everybody regardless of what “race” they “belong to”.

Personal Identity Creates Community And Conflict.

Whoopi-Prop-9Ty Pethe,
Seattle, WA.

For better or worse, we are social creatures that innately create groups of people like us. Whether it’s race, nationalism, gender, sex, ethnicity, economic class, sexual preference, religion, culture, age, sub-culture, political identity, philosophical identity, geographic identity, etc., we all tend to find value in our own (shared) identity. It tells us who we are and who’s like us. Unfortunately, it can create the struggles that define us. It takes great effort and thought to either reach past these identities or decide that they do not define us.

Picture submitted by Ty Pethe

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