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The only way to solve the race/racism problem is widespread interracial marriage.
I don't agree, lol.
The only way to solve the race/racism problem is widespread interracial marriage.
That kind of thing just breeds race realists and the whole, "White genocide." nonsense. The racists just find reasons to fear it and attack and threaten people over it heh.
That kind of thing just breeds race realists and the whole, "White genocide." nonsense. The racists just find reasons to fear it and attack and threaten people over it heh.
Oh, FFS.
Trying to rehabilitate scientific racism? Really?
Race is a social construct. It has no basis in biology.
It's like you geniuses haven't discovered genetics yet. Some remedial reading of the basic science from about 70 years ago should clear things up.
But, for some of the posters here, I guess understanding something that is less than 100 years out of date is a challenge l.
Science doesn't determine the 'social construct'.
Correct. People do. Racism has no evolutionary basis.
There are those who believe it does.
I'd add plain ignorance (of the 'other'). The unknown or unfamiliar can be threatening just because it is unknown and/or unfamiliar.I think racism is mostly a byproduct of bad experiences, or profound differences, in this day and age.
I'd add plain ignorance (of the 'other'). The unknown or unfamiliar can be threatening just because it is unknown and/or unfamiliar.
I think there's a reasonable argument that it does - if our predisposition to tribal behaviour has evolutionary origins and if racism is an example of tribal behaviour...Correct. People do. Racism has no evolutionary basis.
I think there's a reasonable argument that it does - if our predisposition to tribal behaviour has evolutionary origins and if racism is an example of tribal behaviour...
True, but from my experience, knowledge and familiarity and the understanding that follows are more likely to reduce it. There is often a dehumanising tendency in tribalism that can be overcome by discovering that the 'other' is far more similar to you than different; i.e. they're just folks too.That door swings both ways. Knowledge of the 'other' can confirm your bias.
True, but from my experience, knowledge and familiarity and the understanding that follows are more likely to reduce it. There is often a dehumanising tendency in tribalism that can be overcome by discovering that the 'other' is far more similar to you than different; i.e. they're just folks too.
Sure, how we define different groups changes over time, but our responses to groups that are perceived as 'other', for social or cultural reasons, tend to follow a tribal pattern, whether they are racial, political, geographic, sporting, etc.Except that racism, per se and by definition, has not been with us from time immemorial, but is rather a product of the "Enlightenment" period.
Two thousand years ago, what we define as "race" was perceived merely aesthetically.
Do you think that extermination is the only solution in this instance?
There are those who believe the earth is flat and also believe that's the historical Christian tradition...being wrong in both.
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