My Race card: Race isn't contained in six words.

            A website was created for the new LSA theme, which surrounds race. The website http://theracecardproject.com/ allows one to put what they want to say about race on an online card template with a six word limit. While the project has good intentions, it is ultimately a microcosm of how race is currently talked about in modern day. We constantly want to reduce the issue of race into simple concepts that people can easily wrap their minds around. The reason we do this is because it makes  those who agree and disagree able to easily recognize who's on their side, prompting them to begin hurling "knowledge" at the other side in what makes for the most passive aggressive list of comments you'll ever read in your entire life. What's sad  is that the conversation between them ends up being a race (subconscious pun) to the bottom in terms of content and education because people are trying to win these tiny intellectual battles instead of making a meaningful contribution towards the war on racism (this applies for all forms of discrimination). The race card is a farce. It asks us to create a simple conception of race, instead of recognizing that the issue of race is a large and complicated one. It's not impossible to understand, but true effort needs to be put into even scratching the surface. So no I don't have a race card. I have a race manifesto and I want meaningful discussion about it, not vacuous debate.

Possible backlash:
People might think I've gone too far with this one, but I think if you read the homepage you'll see that its language supports my claim. The homepage even refers to the race card as a "six-word essay". Essays are supposed to be documents that make earnest attempts at explaining something. They aren't mere musings or abridged thought, but instead they represent the very intellectual process I believe we are forgoing with race.

Note: I just realized the website's creation had nothing to do with the LSA theme (in terms of one causing the other), so sorry for the misconception.