Parallel Development

So, I’m watching “Black. White.” the other day. Episode 5, where the girl Rose comes to the conclusion that there is no real difference in the races.  Yeah, I’ve been saying that for years.  

The whole racism thing just doesn’t process for me.  I mean, has there ever been a less-accurate name for something?  When you go fill out a job application, is there a little block for you to fill in your “race”, no.  They ask for your “ethnic origin”.  So, why don’t you call it ethnic-origin-isim. 

If you want to hate on another race, then hate Gorillas or some other Genus of ape.  Humans are humans are humans, whats the big deal here? We’re all just people. 

The only thing I can come up with is Parallel Development.  Typically used as a military term to show two different groups developing the same technology with the same techniques, but without the sharing of knowledge.  The term applies to the way I have been thinking for years, and what Rose came up with. 

Hell, on the subject.  Sometimes I think there must be little cameras watching me all the time and ripping off all my stuff.  I remember using the name Morphious a good five years before The Matrix came out.  And that’s not the first time I’ve seen my original stuff in media.  Is this just parallel development?  We all watch the same programming, relatively speaking, and we have similar ideas.  I guess enough people will eventually hit the mark on the same spot, ala lottery.  I suppose I observe those occurrences more often than others because I am always trying to be creative in everything I do. 

I just hope this isn’t where my writing is heading.  I feel that I may have an edge over other writers out there because they are all readers, so, like other forms of media exposure, they all have the same types of things floating around in their heads.  I don’t read, at all.  In my eyes, that’s a plus since I truly have no idea as to the kind of stories that have been put in print, hopefully I will have some stuff that is actually original.