Racism and it's objective failings

Notions of race are simply outdated and baseless. Scientists have proven that there is no significant genetic difference between the so-called races - white, black, asian, whatever. To believe that being black implies any difference beyond skin colour is simply false. Being of a particular skin colour is just that and nothing else. 
The reason why many people in Ireland fall into the habit of racism is because, whether knowingly or unknowingly, they are subscribing to collectively constructed thoughts that are dominated by a white male world view. We all have a choice of whether to follow collective thought like sheep or to evaluate the information around us and come to educated decisions about what we believe to be true. Personally, I subscribe to Enlightenment values; objectivity, reason and evidence and I base my beliefs on what these values bring to the fore. In the case of racism, as I have stated above, it simply does not stand up to scrutiny. It is an ill-informed and baseless standpoint and one which maginalises and silences vast swaths of individuals who have as much right to be seen and heard as any white male.