Whichever way people are divided, the groups or subsets all have some reasons to feel they're the best. This is true in race, religions, nationalities, genders, just to name a few. I think alot of this stems from people's need to feel special. It seems like people like to create an entire whole world view in their minds based on them being the "best", or somehow superior. It becomes interesting when something happens in the real world that contradicts the fundamentals of their world and breaks the foundation.
I was reading a long thread on a science forum about who people believed the Ancient Egyptians where; in other words, what race they belonged to. White people argued they were white, Arabs argued for Arabs, and etc. The Egyptians were amazing people and it seems like everyone there just wanted to claim their culture as their own; as if this would change anything about themselves today.
I can understand that people want to give credit where credit is due, however some of them were really taking things overboard. Assuming the Egyptians were your race, what would this do for you right now? Would that eliminate any of your current real-world problems? Would this change you, or make you better somehow? I seriously doubt it. It can be amazing how two people can look at the exact same event or thing and perceive two completely different things or react in very different ways, when things stand to benefit them. Some people can completely disregard reality.
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