After watching The Dark Knight the other night, I had an interesting thought. Which line of people would push the button first in a white boat vs non-white boat situation? Would the human race decide to die as one and not press the button at all, or would we divide ourselves for one final time and send the other main ethnic group into oblivion?
I like to think we would all die together as one race...the human race. But common sense tells me that the white man rigs the explosive controls so both detonators set off the non-white boat.
I don't know what would happen? However, I believe this situation shows how irrelevant race really is. As an individual I wouldn't care what boat I was on, I would just want to be on the boat that didn't blow up. Regardless of the colour of the man I was sat next to.
I like to think we would all die together as one race...the human race. But common sense tells me that the white man rigs the explosive controls so both detonators set off the non-white boat.
I don't know what would happen? However, I believe this situation shows how irrelevant race really is. As an individual I wouldn't care what boat I was on, I would just want to be on the boat that didn't blow up. Regardless of the colour of the man I was sat next to.
Comment