I appreciate your concern yet,a nagging thought is
"destination " becomes increasingly important as one
ages. Unless you are a racist where you come from is irrelevant, its where you end up thats important.
Please explain why where a person comes from is so damn important.
Isnt how a person acts more important?
Aren't you interested in world history and the spread of the Human Species? In my instance, I began an interest in archeology when a neighbor in Oracle, Az asked it I wanted to help her do some salvage work for the Univ. of AZ along a gas pipeline. Of course, one of the questions was where did these people come from? When we moved to Southeast Asia part-time, my interest went with me. One big question is where the Ban Chiang culture came from. Here is a very advanced culture seemingly springing up 7,000 years ago where there were hunter / gatherers before. It is like a detective novel.
We are all about the same and our individual efforts define us, not our heritage, however, heritage is the story of mankind.
We carry a lot of cultural baggage and understanding it and other peoples histories accurately seems very important to me.