The Stupidity of Racism: Illustrated with Skeletons: "A Story About Two "Foolish" Men

Here's a story about two men; one lived his entire life believing that he was superior based on ethnicity and race; the other lived like an underdog who accepted his place as a second class citizen also based on his ethnicity and race. Finally, they both died and they went to face GOD their maker only for them to realize that their ethnicity and race, or even nationality didn't matter! Certainly, the flesh on their bodies in the grave and skin color rotted. Now you could see only their skeletal remains which were mistakenly mixed up and could no longer be distinguished without close forensic tests and analysis.

For illustrative purposes, we have used the skeletons below to depict the remains of the two men. If these were real skeletons, would you be able to accurately guess their race without forensic anthropological examination and analysis? So which one of the two skeletons is superior and which one is inferior? Guess?

Skeleton "A" (Man formerly "superior-minded") Skeleton "B" (Man formerly "inferior-minded")

Image Credit: Original skeletal image illustrated by Piotr Siedlecki. The above skeletal images were modified from the original image by Piotr Siedlecki.