Race lacks the dimensions to measure the actual self and the linguistic capacity to affirm all human beings as co-equal. A minority- majority/ inferior- superior orientation, the makers of this pseudo- scientific delusion recreated human beings as colors: beige, that is mixed race, black, brown, red, yellow, and white or simpler still, white people and people of color. Not identities but categories, race ensures the fractionalization of human beings for capitalist advancement, political power, and the maintenance of a color- coded caste system. However, there will come a time and a call from those weary of these self- and socially- alienating identities as well as the resulting humiliations and indignities suffered. The narrow goals of a post- racial society that summarily suggest we need only put race behind us are insufficient. Instead, compounded and overlapping oppressions and exploitation call for a new message that delivers us from dueling relationships of us versus them and a dualistic reality. Supported by the framework of somebodiness, that is the innate dignity and worth of every human being, a raceless gospel for ex- colored people who want to be understood on decolonized terms anticipates a new world and is making future arrangements.

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