I was born in Japan between Japanese father and mother, and still have a Japanese passport.
However, I have never identified myself a "Japanese". Why?
I have lived in Tokyo for ca 30 years, but then spent overseas (Australia, US and Germany) for more than 50 years.
Besides my father was a scholar in German culture, and my mother was a specialist in American English.
Thus, "culturally" I am a half (hybrid) of Asian and European, although "genetically" a 100 % Japanese.
I am a molecular biologist, and well aware that expression of each gene is affected by environment.
Thus, even "identical" twin could show entirely different phenotypes/personal characters.
Barack (or Barry) Obama, the former US President was born in Hawaii, between American mother and African father.
So although genetically he is a half of White and Black, culturally he is a Hawaiian American citizen. In this island, more than 40% are Asians !
Thus, it should be much wiser for us to identify each person, mainly based on his or her "cultural" background(s), instead of "color" of their skin.
Unfortunately, however, the current US President (Trump) is a racist who can see only the color of people's skin, but not their cultural backgrounds.
Of course, one can say he is much better than cows or bulls who are "color-blind"...
Unfortunately, he is most sensitive to "Crimson", the color that Harvard University reprents, and is raising a fierce war against it, just like a Spanish bull fighter.
In conclusion, we should focus on the function of "brain" genes, instead of "skin" genes, for charaterization of people.
The "Olympic" rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red. If I understand correctly, blue and yellow represent Europe and Asia, respectively, Alternatively, blue and yellow represent "Ukraine" which is fighting against Putin's Russia. In front of my new house in Atherton, I recently made a low timber fence, painted in blue and yellow, alternately, telling my neighbors that I support the Ukraine in this current war. This is only a part of the truth. It also tells that I am a hybrid of Asian (yellow) and European (blue). Politically, I am a supporter of "Greens" (blue plus yellow). Most interesting, if you mix yellow and blue lights, it becomes "colorless" light such as solar beam!
It is a new wave of artistic expression of our mind!
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