deripsni, I agree, I think racial hatred is taught. But I think we're born with the tendency to group people and judge them, the exact same behaviour that would have us judge all peaches by that first peach we ate, and this is a more general type of racism.
On Aug 6, 9:21 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess the question is, why are people racist? Is it because they are > taught to be, or is it ingrained in our genes? I think it is taught, > or at least passed from generation to generation, if not with words, > with attitudes that children pick up on. Without this, children don't > seem to have racial feelings and coexist with no problems other than > typical "That's mine" syndrome, that does seem to be inherent. > > On Aug 6, 10:11 am, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It is the most natural thing in the world to be racist, everyone one > > is: He looks like me, or talks like me, therefore we are on the same > > side. As Americans, I believe the only solution is to be blind. > > Color may be an indicator of culture, culture may be an indicator of > > behaviour. But our ideals are based on the freedom of the > > individual. Anytime anyone is discriminated on based on their color, > > or culture, even if generally true, our ideals are compromised. > > Unfortunately, we can't be there yet, because there's a lot of > > unfortunate history to address.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
