"James Guinee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> On a recent exam, the students were asked to discuss how much
> homogamy ("sameness") they see in their romantic relationships, and list
> the one homogamy factor that was most important in whom they date.
>
> One student wrote "race," saying that while she wasn't a racist, she simply
> did not like black people.
>
> Can a student -- or any individual for that matter -- argue being a non-racist
> while simultaneously offering an apparent disdain for another race of people
> (obviously knowing WHY she doesn't like them would be helpful here).
>
> I know racism isn't the same thing as being prejudiced, but can someone
> really be prejudiced and NOT be racist? In what way?
>
I think that it is possible to find subtle differences between racism,prejudice and
discrimination.I see racism as being more institutionalized(de juro or de facto).If
all the individuals
that are prejudiced in that society die,the society may still remain racist.As a
matter of fact,culture continues despite death.
I can conceptualize some prejudiced people who may not be racist in terms of their
non-adherence to strictly population segregation.
I find it more interesting to distinguish between prejudice and
discrimination.Prejudice is more cognitive and unternalized whereas
discrimination is action oriented. Hence one can have these categories:
a)prejudiced non-discriminator b)prejudiced discriminator c)non-prejudiced
discriminatord)non-prejudiced discriminator.
One can still be a bigot and be fair in business clientele (black/hispanic)practices.
I know some very prejudiced Korean-Americans
who make most of their money in their shops in the black community.
There is also the phenomenon of "Love prejudiced" which is hardly discussed because it
apparently does not cause the social problems
like "hate prejudice".Interestingly enough,one can still hate but
do no harm. I suspect that love prejudice(where one favors one offspring
and boast about one's in group achievements socially,politically,
economically,culturally) could be responsible for polarizing tendencies.
Well,my two shillings.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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