Talk:Earth ponies/@comment-68.6.39.125-20130326182926/@comment-68.6.39.125-20130327041409

But if you really think about it, what are physical traits except something that makes you more talented at something than another thing? For example, you may have very good fine motor skills which allows you to be an artist. That's a trait. Just like having a horn would allow you to do magic.

But I guess this also is a matter of terms. I had earlier gotten it mixed up in my mind that race was more like species (which was rather silly of me), and therefore ponies are all the same species. But on the terms of race, in the real world we base races off of physical characteristics and common ethnical backgrounds. Which means that in the pony world there are different races, and therefore chances for racism, discrimination, etc.

However, If you think about Equestria as it really is, it is a fictitious universe, and therefore anything can be possible or impossible based on what the creators intend. From the show, it's obvious that racism is not something that the creators want or create. Therefore, in the world of Equestria, racism might very well be as impossible as sailing of the edge of the world in real life. They do not intend for it to exist, and therefore it will never exist.