Race Does Not Exist: We all Descend From the Same Maternal Lineage

By Jaime R. Carlo-Casellas, PhD and Philip Drucker, Esq., Ret.

Our books address the notion that human suffering will always exist as long as superiority persists. We must recognize that we are selfless. Our human experience is without meaning or unworthy of analysis until we mindfully recognize what it means to be grateful for our well-being, to be happy, or until we question why we habitually inflict unhappiness on each other, where the seedbed of loathing, opprobrium, and odium resides.

As you will find in our books, it is now well known that mindfulness can help you reap a cauldron of benefits, not to mention reach higher brain functioning, achieve loving-kindness toward others, as well as help with the management of emotional trauma, abuse, and addictive behavior.

This clearly shows that like many snowmen, most of our ancestry can consist of ocean water, filtered water, carrots, coal, and, in some cases, even some toilet water. And the fact that we all descend from the same maternal lineage became evident when ancestry.com unleashed my ancestral DNA. The unraveling clearly showed that my pastoral ancestors lived somewhere in Senegal in the westernmost cape of Africa, which brings to mind the famous Senegalese soccer player, Sadio Mane, who has spent years helping improve the lives life for people in Senegal and achieve loving-kindness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781684983933

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RACE DOES NOT EXIST

We all Descend From the Same Maternal Lineage

Jaime R. Carlo-Casellas, PhD

and

Philip Drucker, Esq., Ret.

Copyright © 2022 Jaime R. Carlo-Casellas, PhD

and Philip Drucker, Esq., Ret.

All rights reserved

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NEWMAN SPRINGS PUBLISHING

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Red Bank, NJ 07701

First originally published by Newman Springs Publishing 2022

ISBN 978-1-68498-390-2 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-68498-393-3 (Digital)

Cover design by Jaime R. Carlo-Casellas, PhD.

Cover image Mother by Bruno Albéric, French painter, printmaker, and ceramicist. Reprinted with permission.

Printed in the United States of America

Contents

Statement of Originality

Other Books by Jaime R. Carlo-Casellas

Other Books by Philip Drucker

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Prologue

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Jaime’s Concluding Remarks

Phil’s Concluding Remarks

Endnotes

Statement of Originality

We, Jaime R. Carlo-Casellas and Philip Drucker, certify that this book is based on our personal study, experience, and/or research. Recognizing the concern for plagiarism, we have acknowledged in the form of endnotes all material and sources used in its preparation, whether they be books, articles, reports, lecture notes, or any other kind of document, electronic or personal communication.

Other Books by Jaime R. Carlo-Casellas

Solo Contamos con Una Vida: Como Vivirla sin Sufrimiento

Mindfulness for the Common Man: To Survive Trauma, Abuse, and Recovery

Mindfulness: To Learn That All Lives Can’t Matter Until All Lives Matter—That We All Descend from the Same Maternal Womb

Anguish & Joy / Amargura y Deleite: A Journey to Serenity / Una Jornada Hacia la Serenidad

Chaos & Bliss / Caos y Éxtasis: A Journey to Happiness: Poetry and Verse to Enlighten the Mind / Una Jornada a la Felicidad: Poemario para Iluminar la Mente

Other Books by Philip Drucker

Phil Drucker Rants: A Resister’s Diary of Redemption or How I Survived Cancer and the Destruction of Democracy, Volume I

Foreword

No child is born a racist, quipped Dolores Huerta in her rapid-fire delivery as guest speaker at a recent Palm Desert Greens Democratic Club meeting. An icon in the labor movement, the ninety-one-year-old community activist was addressing many of the core issues covered by authors, Phil Drucker, Esq. Ret., and Jaime Carlo-Casellas, PhD, in their new book, Race Does Not Exist.

I have known coauthor Phil Drucker for over fifteen years and admire the continued use of his writings to educate us on the important issues of the day. I now know Dr. Carlo-Casellas through his extensive contribution to this book, in spite of struggling with a severe illness.

While I grew up with all the prejudices one can imagine (prejudice is making a judgment before one has all the information), I had the good fortune of belonging to a faith tradition that answered yes to the biblical question are we our brother’s keeper? This tradition also taught me we are all children of God, and each of us is a unique miracle of the universe.

It is, therefore, an honor to recommend this book, replete with all the historical insights it contains. The authors detail our common origins and evolution to a human race known as Homo sapiens.

With a focus on our country’s history from slavery, usurpation of territories, puritanism, and a gladiatorial love of guns, the authors address some of the root causes of our present condition that manifests so much ignorance, hatred, and division.

I loved their quote from Einstein:

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice. (Albert Einstein)

I sometimes think there is more prejudice than hatred. If education is one of the tools to overcome hatred and prejudice, this book is a must with all of its detailed information.

Father Charles Ara

Acknowledgments

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

—John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Iwould like to thank Robert W. Hollenbeck for his devotion, love, and insight.

To my friend and mentor, Father Benedict Reid, I extend my reverence for instilling in me the notion that the perfect doctrine is the one you design yourself, most pointedly, the one that propels you to explore and fill the empty well within you. I will forever miss you since you left us for shores unknown (JRCC).

Interest in writing Race Doesn’t Exist was sparked by the brunches I share with my dear friend, colleague, and coauthor Philip Drucker, Esq. Ret., dean of academic excellence and professor of constitutional law at the California Desert Trial Academy College of Law, Indio, California. Dean Drucker is a firm believer in the concept that all of us deserve the right to fully exercise our autonomy; that as self-governing individuals, we should be able to make judgments and act based on our set of values, preferences, and beliefs—that we are all one.

I will be forever indebted to my cousin, José Antonio Franceschini-Carlo, MD, professor and chair of psychiatry at Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. His weekly radio program, Dejame Ayudarte (Let Me Help You), covers a cornucopia of topics, including the benefits of medical marijuana, which he details in his seminal work, Reina de la Medicina Verde (The Queen of Green Medicine). Many of his programs address the rampant homophobia, misogyny, and predatory practices that pervade our society, bruising many to the point of suicide. I applaud his philosophy, which he expresses so well in one of his other books, Live Your Fullest Life (JRCC).

We would like to convey our gratitude to Gail Drucker, our copy editor, for her superb assistance in putting our manuscript together. Without her keen eye for detail, this work would not have been possible.

And finally, we want to convey our appreciation to Father Charles Ara for so empathically pointing out that we are our brothers’ keepers. He recognizes that if we fail to address the core issues we address in our book, we can crush the intellectual and emotional well-being of a suffering person.

As always, this work goes out to the one I love (PD).

Prologue

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

—Spinoza

We start with a simple, albeit profound statement. We as a single species will always have more in common than our differences. When we allow superficial assumptions about the nature of a person’s character based on nothing more than the color of one’s skin, sexual preference, gender, ethnic, or cultural background, we do us all a disservice, for at best, we have placed our ability to learn, grow, and succeed through the very strength of our diversity at a great disadvantage. We must never forget and accept the fact that we are all related. ¹

It is also imperative that we recognize that an ethnic mosaic (cultural diversity or pluralism) gives an empire its unique persona, strength, and vital role in history. Just as with hybrid maize, diversity allows a species to adapt better to stress, produce better offspring and higher yields, as well as a longer life span than their progeny. Furthermore, empires will last if each individual has a right to self-sufficiency, and self-determination is in no way subordinate to the demands of another. Without these, empires will be toppled by heinous, greedy administrations, usually by wars, enslavement, deportation, and/or genocide. It’s time for us to practice ubuntu, a Zulu and Xhosa South African term meaning humanity, often translated as I am because we are.

You Cannot Always Judge a Book by Its Cover

How can we know the intelligence level, both academically and emotionally, of any particular human being from their appearance? How can we claim to know a person’s nature, their humanity, their capacity for love and compassion, if not empathy, from how they look, sometimes solely from a first glance?

In our conventional reality…perception is two-fold: first, there is the raw data picked up by the sense organs—that’s how an eye can perceive shape and form and an ear can hear sound—second, the rational mind-sense [the neocortex] creates meaning from the raw sense data and categorizes it. For example, if somebody sees a hard object with four legs and a smooth, flat top, that person’s mind will infer that he or she is looking at a table.²

How can we continue to claim we know what is in someone’s heart or soul from their appearance? Without any information regarding their past, their present, their culture, their experiences, or their moral code?

Other than over time, how can we get to know the true spirit and nature of a person with whom we have a chance encounter? Or an informal meeting, perhaps a coworker’s first day on the job? Or a first date and a blind one at that?

Well, you could look up your date’s civil law records for free, or you can pay a price for the criminal version, or you could begin at investigating the concept of oneness with the One, and of course that journey into the unknown starts with, you guessed it, you.

Good Lord, be good to yourself.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. (Napoleon Hill)

Is it just us, or has there been a recent proliferation of users ending their conversations with Be good to yourself? In my circles, this is undoubtedly true, and we must tell you that every time we hear this alternative to All for now, Be well, or Later! it brings a smile to our faces, for we know we are all going in the right direction.

Adding Be good to yourself would be a small addition to your closing salutations, but think about the message it sends. We are not asking you to sacrifice anything for anyone. We’re asking you to think about the world you wish to live in and, beginning with yourself, act accordingly. It is no more complex than that and, we must say, the beginnings of a new way of looking at all things truly important.

One of the most important aspects of oneness is recognizing that I, you, and we are all part of the One. Therefore, and as a practical matter, if you want to change the world, you must start by taking inventory of the multitude of gifts providence gave you and start applying them for your own well-being and benefit.

That is, if you can’t be nice to yourself, what are the possibilities you can be kind, compassionate, loving, or have empathy for another with any authenticity or conviction?

So try to think of ways to change yourself for the better, and then see if it is something for export, meaning, would it be helpful for someone else to hear I’ve done this for myself and find it useful?

If so, share, because by sharing even the smallest of the small, things we cannot imagine having any real impact on the world can one day spark or