How the zebra got its stripes

In thinking more about race and racism, my thoughts turned to something that I feel contributes a lot to the discussion. First I considered "black and white difference." I looked at this for awhile:

Here the difference between black and white is clearly demonstrated. We have differentiated black colouring from white colouring.

But then I thought more about zebras, and the fact that the stripes on no two zebras are exactly alike. This made me think more about difference, and what differences are important.

It is logically impossible not to discriminate against individuals in arguments like Dei's. While professing to be "anti-racist," Dei's theory rests on the idea of "whiteness," a general category that groups many individuals under one title, one "race."

Everybody sees the world differently. Categories such as "whiteness" are created to group more that one point of view together. But it is impossible for two different people to share the exact same outlook and not be the same person. The use of categories like "whiteness" overlooks the natural and individual differences inherent between any individuals, whether they are "members" of that "race" or not. Difference is not a grouping together of black and white and comparing the two. Difference is the idea that no two individuals are exactly alike.

The least discriminant system would have an infinite number of categories. Once difference is admitted as being calculable under general headings that group individual difference together, it is left to the whim of a personal judge where the category lines are drawn. Categories used in the way Dei uses "Whiteness" lump together individual subjects. They make them objects of racism, their subjective character being judged by the colour of their skin.

Look at that zebra long enough and you will not help but be amazed!