Racism or Ethnic Discrimination?

"And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,..." 

(Acts 17:26, NKJV). 

It never ceases to amaze me how people misunderstand racism. Here, let me explain this in brief. By one blood, God made all the peoples of the world.  "And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,..." (See Acts 17:26). Yet people still refer to different ethnic groups such as Caucasian, Indian, Chinese, native, and black people as different races. Then we wonder why certain ETHNIC groups are discriminated against. One ethnic group thinking themselves better than another ethnic group. There is a reason why the proper context is "the human race," not "human races." People who discriminate against native people are discriminating against a specific ethnic group within the human race. In order to properly use the plural form of "races" in a correct context, there would need to be more than one race of beings.

For example, there are various alien races in such movies as Star Trek or Star Wars. On Star Trek we have the Human race, Klingon race, the Romulan race, Vulcan race, and the Ferengi race. If such races existed, then yes, racism would exist. Since there is only one RACE, the human race, then those who persecute a specific ethnic group within the human race are guilty of ethnic discrimination. So to discriminate against one ethnic group is really to discriminate against the human race period. Ethnic discrimination is what needs to stop.

May God help us to love ALL ethnic groups, and not just our own ethnic group we are associated with. There should be no room in our hearts for such hatred and discrimination against specific ethnic groups. No specific group of people is better then another group. God does not favour one ethnic group above another. If He did, He would not have made so many various ethnic groups of people with different skin colours and diverse languages. The Lord desires all nations, tribes, and peoples to be with Him. Unfortunately, not all will be saved and in heaven, but the Lord will still have believers representing all peoples, nations, and tongues gathered around His throne. “I looked, and behold, a great multitude ... of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’” (Rev. 5:9; 7:9-10).