Genetic Vigour

It's kind of neat to read that among the younger demographic within Canada, decidedly the more educated and for certain the more socially liberated, multiracial relationships appear to be on the rise. Surely, the more that happens, the more often people will learn to accept one another in a spirit of egalitarianism? We are after all a pluralist society, we have learned to live among one another fairly comfortably, we tend to interact reasonably well by and large, so why not an increasing phenomenon of multi racialism?

There are so many benefits to be derived from this, from a larger understanding and appreciation between people, a more pacific vision of one another, and then too, there's that little matter of genetic vigour in crossing DNA between various ethnic groups. Can't say racial groups, as it's a gross misnomer, since there is but one human race, with discrete surface visible distinctions that characterize our 'differences' born of geographical inheritance more than anything else.

With a little bit of heritage, culture, and tradition thrown in for good measure. It just kind of surprises to see that statistics point to Japanese Canadians as being the most liberated when it comes to seeking multiracial companionship. Since in Japan, the thrust has always been that social perfection is assumed through the population being undistinct from one another, a great, amorphous mass of sameness.

In Japan, although many Koreans have lived there for generations, to achieve normalcy in relations, total assimilation was required. To hide Korean origin became imperative. Japan celebrated its unique mono-culture and its population's shared physical characteristics exemplifying homogeneity, and its insistence that its social contract resulted in everyone acceding to the same rules, observing a mass social compact.

Just goes to show how such a cultural, social strait-jacket is easily shed. Whereas Chinese-Canadians, on the other hand, appear low on the scale of multiracial relationships and that's kind of surprising, but is there a reasonable explanation for the differences? Perhaps there are so many more Canadians of Chinese origin that there is no need to look without the group, and the reverse may be true for Canadians of Japanese origin.

In any event, it speaks of a social, intellectual, cultural open-mindedness that one can only hope the entire population reciprocates, ensuring a life of easeful acceptance for multiracial offspring.