I think you're missing it man. There's like an entire discipline in college... It's a reality for many people; especially Black people. they know what it is, and even if they don't really have the definition down they know something's wrong. But anyway... I always try to stop racism. I used to have a problem. I'm half Mexican and I heard my friends talking so much crap on Mexicans and using derogatory language about African-American people. It broke my heart I'll tell ya.... So I left. & I thought I was racist for awhile. I couldn't get around immigrants... It was a problem to me and I was vocal. I thought language barriers were detracting from my own personal ability to communicate. It was SOOO inconvenient... I made a federal case out of how inconvenienced I was by the language issue. & I thought these people - my own people really - were less valuable. I was confused. Now I can see that all people are different. And they have a right to remain different - nobody can force assimilation on them. I appreciate the validity of immigrants now. They are a valid, vibrant, and culturally diverse group of people. I love immigrants. They bring so much imagination and diligence into this country. And I appreciate the hope and determination that African-Americans introduce; despite the odds being against them they will achieve their dreams. I think that these groups need special assistance to achieve equality, and we should make it our personal mission to help them discover themselves and find equality. It's when we think that it's not our problem that we truly are missing the point, doing ourselves a disservice, and ignoring the voice of this country.
GC; So you maintain that people with dark skin COULD be natural born criminals? That your stance? How about Jewish folks? They run the world? Is the left trying to destroy America like trump said yesterday? That the left hates America? Just trying some questions out here to see what's going on in your mind.
When a group of people are marginalized and brutalized for as long as we have been, generation after generation, it takes a toll on the mind and body. It is my contention that the vast majority of health related issues in the African American community are a direct result of systemic, structural, and institutionalized racism which pervades these United States.
Perhaps you simply misunderstood what I just wrote, which isn't difficult to believe given some of your past responses. The racism is current, ongoing, and It has pervaded every aspect of our society.. I suppose it's not your fault you can't see it, because you're blinded by the white.
Racism is taught and can be diminished by education. Stop with the nothing can be done about it mentality.
What about racism that exists between non whites. Especially if you are mixed race, they don't get snobbery from full blooded members of which ever race Kamala Harris as an example, does she actually have any chance of being VP?
Well I honestly believe racism is an essentially learned behavior, so there! Your honest beliefs are better than dishonest ones, but don't tell us much about objective reality. The article you provide to back up your beliefs (thanks for that) is subtitled:"The Human Brain Makes Unconscious Decisions Based on Ethnicity." Right off we have basic confusion between race and ethnicity. Ethnicity, by definition, is a cultural trait. Serbs can hate Croats but to an objective observer there isn't much difference between them except cultural heritage. As I understand it, the study which was the basis for the article you provided us,"The neuroscience of race," Racism is a Learned Behavior, deals with the neurological mechanisms for perceiving and reacting to differences by meta analysis of fMRI research. It doesn't deal with the underlying reality of the perceptions, and makes no effort to distinguish whether the differences are learned. How else to explain the investigators' discussion of techniques for "Controlling and changing race preferences. I think the weight of evidence suggests that race is not "innate" in a biological sense, although initial reactions to perceived physical, tribal, or cultural differences from strangers might indeed be "hardwired" into our brains. New Evidence That Racism Isn't 'Natural' Racism is Learned at an Early Age | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) The Psychology of Racism Is racism and bigotry in our DNA? Is there a gene for racism? Implicit in everything you post is a "why fight it" approach to our natures. The Bible tells us that sin is inherent in the human makeup. The message isn't that we shouldn't fight it.
When you say "scientists debate" , do you deny that "the mainstream belief among scientists is that race is a social construct without biological meaning" .Race Is a Social Construct, Scientists Argue Self segregation on the basis of perceived similarities is an observable reality, but those differences don't have to be racial. Your earlier statement that "(t)here's a reason that Asians have Asia, Europeans have Europe (or did), and Africans have Africa" is a howler. Those population patterns reflect migration patterns that were shaped by a variety of geological and ecological variables. Many of the barriers we tend to perceive as racial are a reflection of social class. The Irish faced similar stereotypes as racial minorities (shiftless, lazy, violent, drunks, prone to crime, etc.), but they were similar enough in external appearance that they could pass, once they cleaned themselves up an became cops, firefighters, and politicians. Face it. If you really think the way you do on social media, you're a probably racist in denial. Otherwise, the issue wouldn't be so salient to you.
So you hold an opinion on race which is different from that of the mainstream belief among scientists". And this is" your opinion". And do you think that this can't be overcome? And that it shouldn't? Tribalism used to be the norm, but now it has distinct disadvantages. I prefer to associate with others who share my basic beliefs and vales. But I interact with others as well, and try not to look down on them because they're different. And I don't regard this as racial. What it is is cultural. I'm Chickasaw, but I wouldn't want to live in a Chickasaw or Native American world. That would be pretty confining. Religion used to be a big deal too, but not so much anymore. And there are plenty of inter-racial marriages. How does that grab you?
If something is against the mainstream of science, maybe you should reconsider the basis for your opinions. Read some of those links I provided you. Put toddlers of different races in a playpen and they'll have a good time. It's when the adults get involved that they learn to hate. My neighbor tells of his experiences in Oklahoma back in the Jim Crow days. He took a drink from the fountain marked colored, cuz he wanted to see what colored water tasted like, and was chewed out by a white lady for doing so. I have a couple of other neighbors--both of whom were major racists until their daughters married a black and an Hispanic, respectively, and they had to learn to watch their language around the grandchildren. They love their grandchildren dearly, and one of them really took a liking to his black son-in-law, because he was a real go-getter in the business world. In fact, he recently took a pre-corona cruise with his in laws down the Mississippi at their invitation. I'm sorry wasn't a fly on the wall for that one.
