This essay uncovers how Europe created the idea of “whiteness” to solve a moral crisis: how to commit brutality while believing in its own righteousness. It follows the rise of racial ideology from empire to law to pseudoscience — revealing the blueprint that still structures society today.

A foundational look at the lie of “race” — where it came from, why it was invented, and how it shapes us. This essay dismantles the myth of biological race, traces our shared human origins, and exposes the ideology that turned human variation into hierarchy, hatred, and power.