Soooooooo, what about Un/infected hybrids in the near future? Aaany chance for that? Because I would totally be on board with that.
EDIT: Okay, diplomatic approach. Why must there be differences at all? 500,000 years ago, or whatever, we were all different tribes trying to murder one another about one tribe an acre. fastforward to pre-medieval times, we were still barely pulling together by small regions. Fastworward again, and we're grouped up by what mountain we can see from where we're standing.
Now look at us in view of the world itself. We're viewed by country if not continent. All these differences have ended up meaning less and less over time. Who cares what side of the brook you were born on? If you kill someone over that, they'll lock you in the marshmallow room with the huggy jacket before the day is out. Back then? Just cause for murdering his shit.
So as we move forward, our differences are forgotten. Why do the infected zombies need to be separate at all
Scientifically, People of, say African decent didn't all share the common traits dark skin, curly hair, or Americans with copious amounts of excess body fat. Globalization has led to blending of genes within regions. This is why people say Asians in general have lower rates of cancer, or the French in general etc. etc. I could go on but that would just be wasting valuable internet space.
As time passes, our genetic makeup is slowly becoming more and more like those around us. In the next 500 years, you may not be able to tell the physical difference between someone born in Canada and someone in southern Texas, save for funny accent, because the genes will have blended for the most part to create an equivalent standard among the population.
While genetic differentiation it necessary to a species survival, no single species is AS different as man, or those man-made, like different breeds of dog. This is because man evolved ages after lions, bears, and fish, and hasn't had enough time to balance itself out.
Someday in the future, it is inevitable, there will be no "race", no great genetic difference between people of different locations.
Why fight the inevitable? The Infected will hold just as much a hand in the future of human evolution as any Caucasian or Hispanic race will, I, personally, see no reason not to simply treat them as another hand in the future of humankind.
Therefore I advocate, a bit proactively, perhaps, the legalization of inter-racial marriage between Infected and Uninfected individuals, and attempts by all hands on all sides, both infected and not, to integrate them into our society as equal members of our community.
Now off the diplomatic approach:
I have a bit of a zombie fetish.
