The UN Will Decide If America Is Racist

[bradclark1]

It's as simple as this: There will be no racism when there is no world.
It's human nature. What matters is at what level that racism is. There is going to be prejudice against any difference from your norm. Any thoughts different than that and you are living in la-la land. Color is just one. Then you have gender, financial, class, political, blah, blah, blah.
Let the UN investigate. Big whoopdy-do.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by bradclark1

It's human nature.

Speak for your self.
It's not in my nature.

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by Letum

Speak for your self.
It's not in my nature.

Sure it is. The question is how much. Little or lots.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by bradclark1

Sure it is. The question is how much. Little or lots.

You are calling me a racist?

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by Letum

You are calling me a racist?

I'm not going to argue about it. Call it what you want. Everyone has prejudice against whats different. You might swing totally another way to try and prove you aren't but it just proves you are.

[Skybird]

Brad is right, in that the basis for racism probably is in our genes, and derives back to a time when every strange apeman appearing at the horizon was a potential thread to the survival of your tribe and a potential enemy for the tribe'S waterhole. It is a genetically impßlemented habit that makes us prefer those people that we know, that we grew ip with, and in that way consider to be like ourselves. That explains why physical differences are so important for most people, and why nevertheless children of different origin do not easily become racist to each other when they grew up in their childhood over longer time.

So, despite "racism" (which was a survival strategy, originally) being in our genes, the real point is that man has the ability to become aware of it, and actively refuse to allow that pattern remaining active. In other wors: man can learn not to be racist, man can be educated and raised not to be racist, and man has the self-reflection and mind to reason why he does not want to be racist.

Needless to say that ideolgies again can turn you into a racist.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

I suppose there's strong scientific proofs and studies to back this statement.

No doubt there are many studies that show that the vast majority of people show racial preference.

One that springs to mind is the reaction times in shooting simulators when police are
presented with images of black and white males holding either telephones or guns.

But a "vast majority", however vast, does not speak for everyone.

Human natures are not hard to overcome. There are many abhorant things that are
in human nature, but not in a decent man's mind or actions.

[Letum]

Ahh! An online version of the reaction times experiment!

Faaaaaar from scientific, but interesting none the less
http://backhand.uchicago.edu/Center/ShooterEffect/

[kurtz]

Originally Posted by Letum

No doubt there are many studies that show that the vast majority of people show racial preference.

One that springs to mind is the reaction times in shooting simulators when police are
presented with images of black and white males holding either telephones or guns.

But a "vast majority", however vast, does not speak for everyone.

Human natures are not hard to overcome. There are many abhorant things that are
in human nature, but not in a decent man's mind or actions.

Yes but these are subconscious reactions which can be measured by measuring the eye's iris reactions when shown pictures of people of other races, you can try and ignore it or you can even overcompensate but it is there.

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

I suppose there's strong scientific proofs and studies to back this statement.

I'm sure you can find all sorts of information on the web. The short answer is it's genetics. The longer answer is I've spent a lifetime dealing with people of different cultures, races, ethnicities, class and whatever. Work with diverse groups for a long time at ground level and use your eyes you just see patterns.

[Tchocky]

21% of Clinton voters in the Kentucky primary admitted that race affected their vote.
I think that's worth looking into.

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by Letum

You can hate the look of Asian faces, .................but that doesn't make you a racist.

I beg to differ. You hate the look of Asian faces you have colored(pun intended) your view. You hate something you will treat it differently. You are prejudiced so you are racist.

[sunvalleyslim]

"Can't we all just get along", Rodney King after the Los Angeles riots in 1992.........