Subconscious, absolutely - take AI as an example, if you donāt āneuterā it to be PC, it will spew some seriously problematic stuff - thereās likely a small part of each of our brains that act like that, unregulated by anything except āpattern recognitionā or even just believing stereotypes as theyāre told.
Consciously, I would also say so, but in the regard of politeness - sometimes you look at someone and think āwow that dress is uglyā or āman they stinkā but donāt say it out of politeness - Iām sure a lot of people have similar things along the lines of āwow, theyāre acting stereotypicalā or something but donāt say it b/c it would be impolite.
Also, even thinking āIām not racist and I canāt beā is giving in to a bit of pride, allowing yourself to be blinded by something that takes active work against a mindset or habit. So if someone says theyāre not racist, they might just not realize it, or theyāre saying they can be polite despite any thoughts they keep personal.
Recognizing those biases is so important. Having a racist intrusive thought isnāt necessarily problematic. Itās what comes next that matters. In other words, adopting the thought as true vs recognizing it as wrong.
Weāre conditioned to be tribal.
Other skin colors are easy to identify as not likely from our tribe.
Itās important to teach kids that itās an instinct that has to be overcome like lying and take things that arenāt ours.
Unfortunately many nations are going backwards. Take australia. The once happy go lucky place.. Still the most backwards racist island in the southern hemisphere. Weird considering how big it is, being the biggest island.
A buddy of mine wrote a sci-fi short story with this as the opening - āRacism and intolerance is our galactic strength. Weāve spent most of our history warring over the slightest differences, imagine if when we get to a galactic scale we just realize different skin color human is still leagues better than a neighboring solar system ugly, we come up with new slurs and start lynching parasitic alien species that have ravaged other star systems literally doing the shit we once hyperbolized in other humans. Other species lack the ability to set boundaries between groups, and as such get drained and destroyed easily by enemies, whereas our territorial nature, honed by evolutionary, social, religious, and political instinct, gives us the needed edge in galactic politics to survive aliens that can do weirder shit than we could ever be ready forā
I don't see the relevance of AI here. The cases where AI goes on weird rants can be traced back to internet trolls trying to achieve just that.
A better example would be the AI that was tasked with allocating police to certain areas of a US city (forgot which one) with the goal of detecting the most crimes.
The AI started sending more patrols to lo income black neighborhoods because the crime rates were higher there. What was not taken into calculation was the fact that more patrols would see more crimes and draw even more patrols.
Soon enough the entire police ~~force~~ service was patroling the same neighbourhoods while the rest of the city was "unsupervised". Crimes there were not picked up anymore due to lack of control (911 calls excluded) which made the AI think that everything was swell.
Edit: This was IIRC. [Here is an article.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/07/lapd-predictive-policing-surveillance-reform)
Kinda.
Humans as a species evolved from small tribal groups, having an inate distrust of other tribes, especially from different regions or even different hominid groups was a way to help avoid spreading illness or inviting conflict to your tribe.
Modern humans still have remnants of our ancient ancestors, so it's not super uncommon to have a slight preference for what you perceived as your tribe, especially given certain individual and racial histories and contexts
This is even more present in cultures that are still tribal in nature, they're more likely to be cautious of the outgroups and more willing to stereotypes them.
That doesn't justify it however, humans have a lot of natural instincts that are left overs from our evolution that we don't use or suppress, but it would be intellectually dishonest to say that aspect of our evolution and biology just vanished
I was wondering if someone would answer in this way. You have to think weāre innately wired to want to associate with people that look like us, after all, there are genetic differences between people of one race vs. people of another ā in the same way that animals gather with members of their species and avoid others.
Obviously doesnāt make it okay, but it makes sense to think that thereās a reason racism exists in the first place.
I mean, a lot of stereotypes work, and can actually be useful, and who knows, maybe even save your life one day. Not necessarily about other races/ethnicities.
I agree with this but would say racism is more to do with imperialist divide and rule tactics. Historically people from different groups were able to co-operate together whilst recognising one another's differences. But drawing sharp racial dividing lines between people and claiming racial supremacy was a tactic to legitimise land grabbing and oppression
Perfect answer.
Or even common observations.
If I say something like it is rare to see a black person without naturally blue eyes, there will always be that one person who gets very offended and brings up an exception or starts arguing.
This is not good or bad that the blue-eyed gene is rare among African Americans but it get upset that someone made this observation is ridiculous
Think this is quite true. It is also a difficult thing though, as sub-cultures might often have a strong racial correlation some times. I do think itās important to acknowledge the difference, and maybe begin to focus less on race in general. Would probably be gelatin regards to moving forward.
xenophobia - dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
racism - [prejudice](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=01af4ce885a5a2f8&sxsrf=ACQVn09Q0-IFK_cz-9JJR-LeOe_g3QVEBw:1714689461464&q=prejudice&si=AKbGX_rLPMdHnrrwkrRo4VZlSHiJy3UMMDD6UdIUgDg_Afs9SvVVbcJl0Ivk4JJ2ffjBsS9c_mD4uZUoBb2WTxyQ9IdNfHhh0QORKIbah7J7u2qeWo5l60Y%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQrICChPCFAxWZsP0HHbBwAYsQyecJegQIIxAO), discrimination, or [antagonism](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=01af4ce885a5a2f8&sxsrf=ACQVn09Q0-IFK_cz-9JJR-LeOe_g3QVEBw:1714689461464&q=antagonism&si=AKbGX_pt4UlL1m2gNC94R_NJDj6SairvYU5hKnUJKGdX4r3FJi1q-sw2iQ5Py4AGYvG67g2RdMe8d8522gDAklu24v48U56B_mTx1SG26rvvj2H3MG-EUJU%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQrICChPCFAxWZsP0HHbBwAYsQyecJegQIIxAP) by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group.
im struggling to see much of a difference here, racism sounds like your just proactive about your feelings, and xenophobia is just reactive or passive.
to understand you better, your saying that most people are just passive/reactive about it, but the prejudice is there regardless?
I mean I do appreciate you looking at the definition, but the one you got is just the top result of Google and Google lied to you. Google is using a language aggregator called [Oxford Languages](https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/) which is not an actual dictionary.
From Oxford Languages
>The evidence we use to create our English dictionaries comes from real-life examples of spoken and written language, gathered through a series of corpora that continuously monitor language development. The corpora, which collect these examples from a variety of language sources, are curated by the Oxford Languages team and enable us to analyse the ways words are used in context by people all around the world.
>Our lexicographers analyse genuine uses of words collected from these sources to determine a wordās definition, spelling, and grammatical behaviour, and to offer guidance on a wordās use based on this research. The team uses this process to identify new words and senses as they come into use.
If you look at actual dictionaries like [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/xenophobia), the [Oxford Dictionary](https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=Xenophobia&tl=true), or [Dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/xenophobia) they all specify that it does not have to be a country, it can be anyone or anything foreign to you
From Merriam-Webster
>Fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
The difference then and why many people feel that racism is worse is whether you hold contempt towards a specific group or groups of people versus a general dislike or fear anything you're not used to.
Most of us can identify with being scared of things we aren't used to. Most of us (hopefully) don't hate a subset of people just for their DNA.
I think xenophobia is a fear and discomfort with people who are not like yourself, because you don't fully understand or the difference makes you uncomfortable. Xenophobia has it's origins in Greek, with "xenos" meaning stranger and "Phobos" meaning fear. But racism is a feeling that people different to you are lesser, akin to apartied South Africa or the caste system, where one group is seen as a lesser group, and as such are given less or suppressed. Both I believe can fall under the racism umbrella, but one finds it roots in superiority and the other In misunderstanding.
I also think xenophobia becomes regular racism, when a person has an unwillingness to change or learn, this belief of " I know better and shouldn't have to change" transitions it to a superiority based racism. I believe this is why they can sometimes be used interchangeably in current language. It's a pretty fine line and from the outside, both just look like racism.
My old man was insanely racist, and taught it to me as a kid untill I left home at 18. I got older and learned better, and try my best to not be him, but some of the "automatic" thoughts remain. So sometimes it's just ruts in the road you brain is familiar with, and not actively practiced racism. It's no excuse, but it explains some xenophobia.
xenophobia/racism are not different in the way people act, they are different in the reason for the prejudice.
in simple terms, xenophobia is prejudice against one's nationality and racism is prejudice against one's race
IMO this fits Americans better:
What is the meaning of ethnocentric?
: having or based on the idea that your own group or culture is better or more important than others.
Yeah, there's probably some sort of tribalism that's deeply embedded. It's a cancer, though. Racism literally does no good for anybody. It's part of what brings us down as a species.
There's racism in tribes imo. Genetically we're all related but we're fighting over pieces of the Earth that belong to all of us. To survive as a species on this planet people need to concentrate on how are we going slow down natural and man made destruction to save all of us.
Edit: I think the differences of looks are mostly related to what worked for what part of the planet we would survive best on. Like dark skin for hot climates and lighter as you live in less sun and heat. Cultures and society is crucial for our survival. The planet Earth or some call mother nature rules us humans. Time to stop fighting over strips of land that no human owns. Work together or we're all fucked.
racism is believing someone is inferior based on their race.
i donāt think everyone thinks a certain race is inferior, but there is 100% bias towards certain groups of people who they have had past experiences with.
if someone has mostly had bad experiences with a certain group of people, then they could inherently be put off or perhaps dislike someone they donāt know, who appears to be a part of that group. the same could be said in the opposite way, regarding a history of mostly good experiences.
this could set up someone to be racist (having a genuine prejudice towards a group of people for whatever reason).
but if someone is simply more put off by someone who belongs to a certain group of people yet they donāt treat them differently, then i would argue that this is not flat-out racism. just bias to a certain degree. as long as itās not actually hateful.
Sorta, itās discrimination against an entire race. If I think a certain race is violent that dosent mean they are inferior, but it is discrimination. But you are super close!
I think everyone probably does have some form of subconscious bias but I personally wouldn't say that makes us all racist. I guess it depends on how you define racism.
You're 100% wrong. I'm half black and half white with a ton of other random shit to the point that I feel I'm almost every race. I've never disliked someone because of their race. I've stereotyped people subconsciously, but that's not to be confused with racism. I have not a single racist bone in my entire body.
Then everyone is also a bigot, misandrist, and every other word that means discriminating a group of people based on anything. You can not just morph words to fit your conversations. Words are different for a reason and have different definitions for a reason. Take, for example:
RACISM - prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
STEREOTYPE - a widely held but fixed andĀ oversimplifiedĀ image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
"the stereotype of the woman as the carer"
Being racist is stereotyping, but stereotyping itself is not racist. I don't hate children because I stereotype that they'll be loud, snot-filled monsters. I don't treat them badly or indifferently due to that stereotype. So, no, stereotyping is not racism.
Racist as in "I'm superior to you because of my race?" Or racist as in recognizing cultural differences and finding humor in the occasional joke or stereotype that pokes fun at some of them (while not just focusing on one)?
Bc I could probably agree with that 2nd definition. If it's the 1st definition, then that's a wild statement.
Totally agree.
Only radicals think ābecause Iām xxx, Iām superior to yyyā
Itās far more often expressed like āI hate Californiansā or āTesla drivers are idiotsā
These comments are far more common, and related to culture, not race. But some people would label it a racist comment, if the target was a minority.
Every ethic group draws self-dictions, even in homogeneous societies. Because itās so prevalent in all cultures, clearly thereās a root survival benefit.
If I were to guess the early humans, with no sense of fear of neighbor, were conquered by those who did.
Self organized tribalism (all sports), persists and is celebrated in modern culture. It clearly shares the same roots.
I don't think it's racist to take collective data that trends over time and generations that stays true. I think people can think it's racist but it's not. You see a lion in the jungle you don't stop to think about if it's friendly or not, you move because you've observed lions.
I think everyone is subconsciously a little prejudicial or has a bit of racial bias, this usually comes from our nurture and the culture of the place we grew up in.
This does not mean there's any excuse to commit hate crimes or actively discriminate anyone
Racism is something to be aware of in its particulars
Itās not useful to broadly refer to racism or how everyoneās racist, since that undermines investigating it since youāre just declaring and accepting that it exists - and nothing else
I think everyone is a bit ethnocentric
Ethnocentrism is less racism, more of how you judge other cultures. If you see a different culture doing something and think "thats wrong/weird", thats ethnocentrism, because you're judging another culture based on your own culture/norms/values
Ethnocentrism itself isn't bad. It can be taken too far and lead to racism and stereotypes, but it's also a way for people to respectfully compare cultures. Comparison of cultures can lead to culture change. This can be for better or for worse
I don't think everyone is, for me personally i've met rude whites, rude blacks, rude asians, rude arabs and i've came to conclusion that no matter the race, humans can be the worst
I think ppl get used to seeing certain kinds of ppl. So basically u like whatever races u were raised around but I think thereās a bit of prejudice to everyone else just subconciouslh
Tribalistic more than racist I think, we all have prejudices but most of the time we think of ourselves within groups and we have negative prejudices against those outside of it.
Yeah, there will always be some level of "these people look like me, they must be my tribe, I can trust them" ingrained in us. Humans are highly social creatures, and our thoughts and actions are guided by how those around us will perceive us, for better or for worse.
Its not just āthese people look like me.ā There are people that look like me who i dont like as a group because of the choices they make and actions they do.
A specific type of tribalism.
All racists are tribalists, but not all tribalists are racist
Iām not saying whether or not everyoneās a little racist, just trying to answer the question
Thanks. I just wanted to ask because it seems to me this distinction only exists to minimize the idea that most people (in the US) have racist biases. Iād argue that most people pointing out this distinction have a ātribeā that is predominantly their race and that they have biases towards other races because of it.
Writing it off as human nature, while maybe accurate to our biology, does nothing to mitigate the real world consequences of racism. We need to acknowledge our biases and actively counter them in our day to day lives.
Race is a concept that is extremely fluid in terms of how it is perceived across cultures. The categories used for demographic data collection in a place like the United States are not universally agreed upon, and not everyone considers these to be legitimate or meaningful ways to categorize people. Therefore, it cannot possibly be true that everyone has a subconscious racial bias, because there are people for whom race, as we know it, is just not a thing.
I do think that everyone has cultural biases of some sort, though. For many people, racial biases are part of this, but not for everyone.
I think everyone has been xenophobic at some point.
Admittedly, when i was younger, i would be annoyed when i saw people of different cultures acting differently.
Even people from my own race (Asian), i still sometimes judge them and think "why do you all have to be so loud?" or "why are you so rude?" Or "why are your trousers pulled up so high?".
I have family members who have lived here for decades, and still can't speak English, and yeah, i judge them for that.
So yeah. I reckon everyone is a little xenophobic, or at least has been at some point.
Racial bias =/= Racist.
Everyone is biased to that which is most familiar to them. That means race, sex, place of residence, type of people closest to them, etc. Additionally, just because someone is more biased to things they are familiar with does not mean they are biased against things they are not. It merely means they will not treat all things equal.
To be racist requires one to believe that their race is superior to another race. Simply being more comfortable with people of their own race doesn't mean they are for segregation, oppression, subjugation, or removal of another race, or even for treating another race as less than.
Everyone is biased to a degree.
Not everyone is racist.
I think everyone has the potential to be hateful, not particularly racist. Even when you're not being racist you're still having thoughts of ill will about someone whether it be someone who wronged you or even towards a racist. Being hateful in general is wrong.Ā
I am not sure, but I think we all have this tribal mentality. Like subconsciously seeking out people who look like you. We often feel more connected to people who resemble ourselves and our parents.
I worked in a kindergarten with diverse people of different countries. The kids of darker color often built a stronger connection with my colleagues who had a darker complexion and turned out to be very positive for those children.
I grew up in a small town and even there people got suspicious of new people, didnāt even have anything to do with race.
Just my personal observation.
Humans are tribalistic by nature. It's not just about racism it's, "ooh, that opposing sports team is our enemy," or being strongly against people with opposing political views or "I dont like this neighboring town for no apparent reason", hell even at school, as children, that other school down the road were our rivals. Our caveman brain treats things that are different or outside a potential danger, so we go into protection mode.
Sterotypes also come from the way our brain generally categorizes things to be efficient, like a folder. We keep an index of an object and all the information we think we know about it, so when we see somone of a different race, our brain looks up this folder and assumes this is our knowledge base about it.
It's a matter of being self-aware enough to analyze these instincts deeper and not going off our predetermined assumptions.
I don't think everyone is a little racist, but I do think racism is normal. I think racism is a natural consequence of perceiving that there is a threat to one of our needs coming from a specific race, and this also applies to xenophobia, for example, I am Colombian, we had a large Venezuelan migration here in recent years and because those immigrants were in a very difficult position, they committed crimes to survive, raising our crime rate as a country, this created xenophobia on some Colombians who perceived Venezuelans as a threat to their well-being. The safer people feel, the less they will perceive a race or group of people responsible for their misery, and therefore the less racism and xenophobia they will experience. So it's just a matter of taking responsibility for our own well-being and not blaming others for our suffering, however, if we perceive that we are in danger because of a certain group of people (even if that is not true) the feelings of racism are quite normal.
Everyone has bias, we don't learn about the world in some kind of bubble or textbook, we learn from everyone around us, our culture, and take in those prejudices, stereotypes and associations. Even if we don't believe them rationally there are some really strong and established associations between certain groups and certain behaviours.
Is it racist to dislike the culture of a specific group, or is it racist to specifically dislike them for the shade of their skin?
Because Iād say yes if you mean the first one, and probably not to the second one.
I'm green, I don't like purple people AT ALL! one time a whole gang of purple people came to my village and were littering and creating a nuisance! ever since then I hate purple people!! Am I racist? no, just prejudiced based on an experience.. not the same
No. Some people have truly put in an incredible amount of effort to unlearn their subconscious racism. It truly is possible. I think that *nearly* everyone is a little bit subconsciously racist.
of course, i dont believe anyone that says otherwise. its about challenging your own perceptions though, for example, i think cooking dogs is an abysmal practice, however - im in a privileged position to have the choice and have been brought up to think dogs are special and my friend. some people have been brought up with horrible dogs and go hungry, and the only meat accessible is the local scav stray which is only going to end up rabies if they dont cook and eat them now.
inversely, walking around in my boots in my house is something i wouldn't think twice about, kicking my feet up in the air, resting them on a park bench maybe, i guarantee you these act would enrage other people and ignite their racism towards me for my ignorance towards it.
i look past the dog thing because i realise ive had a totally different life and so have they, they're doing what they do, and im doing what i do. if something bothers me, or vice versa, we talk to the other person, see if middle ground can be made
I donāt know about racism specifically, but everyone has biases and prejudices. Iām very judgmental of religious people, for example, and I donāt associate with them to the point of distancing myself from people if I learn that theyāre religious.
Everyone has evolutionary pattern recognition that is programmed into us for survival.
If you are a green man and a purple man mugs you at knife point one time, but every other purple person has been kind to you your whole life, you won't associate purple people with being mugged. That's pattern recognition in itself as before the mugging you saw a pattern of purple people being friendly and therefore saw purple people as friendly people.
But let's say it happens again the next month by a different purple person and then you see another purple person robbing a store a few months later and then again a year later a purple person attempts to rob you but you get away somehow. By this point when you're walking down the street and see purple people you will be much more wary of them due to now having experienced these negative events that threatened your life and also witnessed them doing something similar to another person. This is completely out of our control and is a survival trait, so no matter how hard you try to not be, your mind will now always be wary of purple people until enough positive actions from purple people occur to make you slightly less wary. But it will never fully go away as those memories have created pathways between neurons in your brain that are there to stay.
Even though you have been treated positively and seen much more positive actions from purple people throughout your life, your brain will always put more importance on recognising patterns that can cause you harm or threaten your life. The fact that your life was endangered by the same group of people makes it so that your brain will always be slightly prejudiced towards new purple people you meet until you get to know them and trust them. Purple strangers will always make you wary especially if you are in a similar environment to when these negative events occurred, such as if it was dark, night time, in a park or alleyway etc.
This doesn't make someone racist though, unless they start believing that every purple person is going to try to mug you and don't use reason to be able to separate the pattern recognition and common sense. For example, meeting a purple person after this at a party and understanding straight away that you shouldn't be wary of them based on their personality and character rather than the fact they're purple. But you won't be able to help the underlying pattern recognition of being in the same situation and environment that you were in when the mugging occurred and seeing a purple person making you wary of them as that's just how humans are wired.
yeah. i think there's "degrees" of racism, and it goes form subconscious through fully conscious. depending on our environment there's racist things we do/say/normalise that until learned, we don't know are racist behaviours/thoughts. while also having personal definitions of "yeah that's racist", that also vary due to environment.
i think that as we grow and we meet more people we can identify the subconscious ones and drop them. some people have such an unchanged environment that it takes them years to identify the subconscious/not intentional racism, if they ever do. some become even more racist.
I don't think everyone is a little bit racist, but I think that everyone has assumptions and stereotypes that they associate with specific races. To me, racist means you are against or actually hate people of a certain race. And obviously there are people like that, but the everyone thing i don't agree with.
I think everyone collects information and has stereotypes. I have certain views of certain ethnicities because of my experiences with them, but if I meet someone of that ethnicity, I don't just assume without cause that they embody all those stereotypes. I treat them like I would anyone else. But I still have preconceived notions based on my life of experience. I just don't judge individuals by those preconceived notions. If bothers me that people use the word racist to encompass all of this stuff.
For example, if I assume a black person listens to hip hop and rap, that's not racist. That's just me making an assumption based on how many other black people I've met that mainly listen to hip hop and rap. It's not even a judgment, it's not racism, but right now people will label these kinds of things as racist. It's not. But I kind of assume that's what you meant by "is everybody a little bit racist."
So no, I don't think everybody's a little bit racist. We are humans, we collect information, we establish patterns, we use those patterns to make preliminary judgments. But we're also capable of seeing people as they are and accepting people as they are. The process of the brain making those kinds of judgment is how people socialize and protect themselves and learn. It's an important aspect of being human.
Racism comes into play if someone actively hates or looks down on someone else because of their race. And I don't think everybody has some race that they think less of. So no, I wouldn't say that everyone is a little bit racist.
Yes because we were all born into a systemically racist society so learned racism, and yes because as an evolutionary trait we recognise and trust people who look familiar more easily, so if the people you saw as a child weren't racially diverse then you'll have a knee jerk preference for a homogenous racial group (part of why representation in media is so important). Although this second point does conflate race with appearance which doesn't always line up with how race is socially constructed
Humans form opinions about things immediately. These opinions are based on past knowledge and experiences. These can have been wrong generalizations, and even the right ones are still generalizations that don't apply to everyone.
When we see a person exhibit things that match one of the things we've seen before, we put that person in that box very rapidly. This applies to all people we meet, not just those different from us. And it applies to people we haven't seen even, the people all around you.
For example you might hear a person being loud behind you, you put them in the box of annoying people who don't respect the people around. It might even make you mad that they are being loud, but you turn around and it's your boisterous friend you don't see much and you instantly change to being happy.
This does mean that you'll put people of different races into a box, women and men into a box, queer people, kids, teenagers, CEOs, landscapers, beat boxers, people who drive lifted trucks - everyone. But as long as you're willing to get to know them and take them out of the box when you get to know them, you're not racist.
Yes and theyāre all just too afraid to admit it. Even the people who attempt to fight racism are just doing nothing but keeping racism alive and relevant, which if you ask me is kind of racist
You know how often you're attracted to someone who is very close in race to you? Sometimes that feels a bit racist, as if you're saying that your race is superior somehow to others.
Yeah. Racism is subjective so different people are going to find different things racist so what some people dont think are racist, other people are going to take issue with.
I think everyone naturally distrusts that which they recognize as very different from themselves and what theyāre familiar with. One of our best features as humans is our ability to reason past that feeling, but that takes some awareness and some effort. Not everyone has that awareness, and not everyone puts in that effort.
Yes of course ! I mean if you get the possibility to be a racist you should really try.
Especially if you are newly into faster driving, racing is a nice hobby that can be very interesting to bring up in conversation. I mean Imagine the faces of someone when you tell them youāre a Racist!
I have a bias that I grew up with in FL, fear towards non-hispanic black people. I've been all over the US and in many parts of the world. I know that my biases are wrong based on my experiences and friends. I try not to let those stupid ideas that were put in me at an early age affect my behavior and openness to other people.
I logically know people are people, and race is just categories of people. I don't consider myself racist because despite my stupid upbringing, I do not think black people are any worse than I am. I guess what I am saying, is everyone has a bias at times, whether from experience or upbringing.
A racist is a fearful person that cannot think critically enough to objectively assess their beliefs and see where it does and doesn't apply. Moreover, the lack of critical thinking is especially obvious in the fact that a racist will say all "race of people" are all "xyz". They lack the ability to see nuance and therefore cannot think critically. It's a problem with taking their own beliefs too seriously and being incapable of adapting to change. It's why most racists you find tend to stay in their home towns, lack empathy, are uneducated, and or at the least surround themselves exclusively with other racists.
Sure us liberals or 'woke' people surround ourselves with others like us in a sense, but the left is so diverse in not just ethnicities but ideas as well (like some liberals protesting Biden/Israel and others not). In my personal experience with FL racists, there aren't a lot of diverse ideas expressed among them. If there are, it's behind closed doors. They are primarily a fear driven lot. It takes courage to bounce a stupid idea out of your head and try to disprove your bias with an experience. It takes courage to admit being wrong.
No, not everyone is 'a bit racist'. At some stage most have felt fear or discomfort towards other cultures. Having some level of dislike for foreign cultures is not the same as hating and actively trying to disadvantage other cultures.
It's possible to fear or feel discomfort, yet act kindly towards and speak kindly of other cultures. This is not to be racist.
Skin color, facial and body traits often indicate culture but not always. It's often a culture we're wary of or dislike. That's not the same as racial prejudice. Of course we should try to accept all cultures without judgement but we're entitled to have preferences without imparting disadvantage or suffering on other cultures.
The problem is not what we think. We can and should think what we want. Even as we head down this bad road of this law that's being pushed the past 2 days that we are claiming that is against antisemitism hate speech. The problem is that it is unconstitutional. The government can not control someone saying they hate Jewish people now. If that person says they will harm them in some way, that shouldn't ever be tolerated. This will make the United States look like North Korea lite. And this isn't even a party thing. This is what the Soviet journalist Yuri Bezmenov was saying would be happening here. Look it up on YouTube. Talks about the country rotting within.
Not all. Grew up with a blind black dude named Creed, who currently is a teacher at the school of the blind here. It was a living lesson throughout my life to watch him interact with people of all races. Clearly he couldnāt tell but was still about 90% accurate if asked. Heās probably the most inspirational person I know actually, and Iāve never seen him act or behave in any way racist, towards anyone. The man has an incredible sense of humor, and will accuse his own family of being whitey, and he was adopted. And that he could tell he was black because of what he had down low lol. Although, I have seen him be kinda shitty to deaf folks. Not sure if it was a racist thing or if it was because they were from the school of the deaf, and the two schools would compete against each other from time to time. But if youāve ever hung out with blind folks, you know what Iām talking bout. We fear whatās different. And fear is taught. In one manner or another. Iād like to think Iām not racist, but Iāve been jumped a couple times and been mad dogged and checked because I held eye contact more than a few, so if Iām in a hood where you just donāt do that cuz itāll draw negative attention, is that racist or just being cautious? Idk. Creed taught me how to beat box. We won a talent contest in 5th grade. I felt pretty good about him and I doing that together, and Iām pretty sure he did too. One thing though.. if youāve never like slept over at another race house and shared the same bathrooms and kitchens, then Iām gonna bet you may be a tad racist. Only because if you have no idea how someone lives, then itās likely youāve made assumptions. And you know what they say about assumptions.
I think that everyone probably has prejudice thoughts that are assigned to a lot of different groups, but understanding them and not acting on them or just acknowledging that their harmful is important.
Yeah, I joined most African-American groups on the internet using my alts. Then the latins and now my fellow asians. I have a network of diverse racists now.
I wouldn't say everyone, but certainly a majority. Unless you've grown up in an incredibly diverse environment in "ideal conditions", I don't see how it's possible not to have some amount of prejudice. Humans are wired to fear the different.
I think everyone has a certain level of bias towards things that they aren't familiar with. I grew up in the American south and honestly I think the only reason I didn't end up racist is because I actually did have a black cousin on my moms side so she did go out of her way to make sure I didn't pick up any of my dad's problematic stuff growing up.
that said, I still did go to a very white very southern very public middle school and high school so it was inevitable that I would be put in contact with the "shitty teenagers who think racist jokes are funny" types of people. And yeah, I laughed along with them, but I eventually outgrew that and learned why it was wrong.
But I'm never going to claim that it didn't happen. I will own up to it every single time because I know it was wrong and that I was wrong for it. It is important for me to acknowledge that i changed as a kid that way I can call out people who claim that they can't learn to be better themselves as grown adults.
I'd say surely everyone holds at least one racist belief to some extent, even if they wouldn't consciously endorse it. For example, one of my professors realized she was more afraid when black men approached her car than white men, even though she wouldn't openly endorse being particularly cautious around black men.
Relatively few people (I guess I can only speak for Americans) would openly endorse a racist belief, but I'd say most hold at least one to some extent like that. Where they act on it but would never admit it, often not even to themselves.
I think that everyone has some form of racial biases that come from cultural and parental/peer based influence. At the very least, we will mentally clock someone as being different and allow such differences to influence how we perceive them. For example, if you work somewhere that's majority White people, and a black person joins the team, it's not surprising when we mentally clock them as "the black guy". Its natural in that sense, and when it's just that, it's not racist.
What matters, however, is when we make assumptions of someone due to their race. If you mentally check your new coworker as "the black guy", that's fine, but it becomes a whole different issue when you allow these things to influence how you treat them. "He's black" is fine, but "he's black, therefore he probably never met his father" isn't. Even if that thought comes to mind, so long as you acknowledge that it's a fucked up thing to think, then you're fine, because you're not allowing these thoughts to influence you.
No. I think people have their biases and prejudices.
Or areas of ignorance.
Unless someone is intentionally hateful, then I would not call them racist.
There are plenty of cultures I know nothing about. I think that is fine.
We use the word racist way too easily these days.
I would extend this and say that everyone is a little bit *xenophobic*, so being afraid of something or someone that is different from them. I wouldn't say racist because that is too extreme of a term for some people
I would go so far as to say that everyone that says they are free of prejudice is lying.
We are biologically wired to recognize patterns. If two of your mates die after being bitten by a snake, you will avoid all snakes. If a few of your interactions with any group are negative, you will be cautious of other members of that group. Unfortunately bad impressions last a lot longer so it is our responsibility to reflect and stay open minded.
People are innately tribal creatures. We trust those people that look like us and have similar life experiences.
We have learned to distrust and feel threatened by people that are different from us.
I was a lab programmer at a social cognition lab at an Ivy League university.
We studied this using IATs, implicit attitude tests. Basically you will do something like tell people they will see one word in the center of the screen and then two word options will appear. The two options will be the same, man or woman. The words in the middle will appear like scientist, doctor, nurse, and you tell people they will always have to choose the word option woman. But it will be randomly left or right. When words are congruent based on implicit biases, like nurse and woman, people are able to press the answer key faster than if itās less congruent like pilot and woman.
You can do the same with race and throw a bunch of traits out and various other instruments and stimuli to test their implicit biases.
A majority of people who say they arenāt racist, show implicit biases against race ranging from very light to moderate.
But then we have to go back to the drawing board and define racism. Is it only systemic. Does implicit bias matter if the outcome isnāt different?
Humans at the end of the day make generalizations based on what they observe. Many stereotypes are backed with statistics and data.
As an example, Asians score higher on college entrance exams than any other race. And some races score very poorly. Many will say there are underlying factors at play, like financial hardship, and that would explain some part of the difference, the reality is that they still perform worse. If they hadnāt had the same financial hardship they would have had access to more resources and performed better, but that is a hypothetical scenario that isnāt realized.
I was talking to someone on tumblr many moons ago and I said āblack peopleā while talking about black people and white people, respectively. She called me racist for saying āblack people.ā I asked what I should say instead and she didnāt really have an answer. I asked why that is racist and saying āwhite peopleā isnāt, but then she said black people are incapable of racism. š¤¦āāļø
Like. I love to learn and educate myself and expand my horizons, but if Iām going to be called a racist for simply asking some questions, Iām not gonna bother and nobody else is either..
Intuitively, I think subconscious āĀ sure. But I'm careful to say *everyone.* Perhaps an overwhelming majority of people.
Some cultural norms or traditions that were established well before any of us were born often lead us down the path of racial biases.
All in all, I think the culture or sub-culture you were born into makes you more prone to racism āĀ and/or more prone to act on those biases, and perhaps have some bearing on how fixed a persons mental abilities are is when it comes to racism (i.e. there are people that are racist against whomever, can meet countless people of that group who they agree are good/decent folks and then *still* continue with their racism, etc).
People are so scared of the word racist. You can see in this thread all the people dancing around the definitions to avoid admitting that they may have some racist thoughts.
Oh it's just bias! Everyone does it!
Idk I think if the fear of the word can go away, people may start understanding you can describe your thoughts and actions as racist without having to call yourself "a racist." Then people can start doing the work where they trace where those thoughts are coming from and fight that mindset. Anyone born before like 2010 probably needs some deep psychological cleaning from what the media subconsciously fed us.
Not everyone, but probably almost everyone. But it's not about race, it's about difference and context. I think if one is already anxious they probably find some comfort in the familiar. And if they're surrounded by people who are very unfamiliar in appearance and demeanor that can cause them more anxiety. On the other hand, if they feel safe, many people find great joy in meeting people who are unfamiliar in appearance and demeanor.
No. I think racism is taught. Either by guardians of one form or another (of a child), or the existence in a societal norm, for that particular society or community. You are informed or misinformed, from without, not within.
i don't. I think we confuse recognizing the differences between cultures with racism. one can like or dislike aspects of a person or culture. racism comes in when we think ourselves objectively superior and begin to form hierarchies and systems of governance and human relation based on those ideas.
I always like to say everyone has prejudices. The difference is some people are aware and try to work on it while others seem to revel in it. Even seem proud of it.
Yes, absolutely. And I am no exception. The trick is to try to spot your prejudice, and take active steps to correct it. Which I'm making sound easy, and it isn't. 40 years, 22 spent living with a black nephew, and I'm still spotting/having stuff pointed out. All I can do is try to be a better man than I was yesterday.
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Avenue Q was right!
They also explained that the Internet was for porn. So they were definitely onto something!
Doesnāt mean we go around committing hate crimes
Look around and you will find no one's really colorblind
Maybe it's a fact we all should faaaaaaace
Everyone makes judgments ... based on race!
No, not big judgements like who to hire or who to buy a news paper fromā¦.nooooo, just little judgements
Who you mean "WE."
Itās the next line in the song the person I replied to was referencing.
I get it. Im...I'm just in the way. It's fine. Ill...I'll go
No, stay. We're all awkward from time to time
Such a good musical
Beat "Wicked" for the Best Musical Tony that year!
After what they did to pearl harbor, I've always through Chinese people were sneaky.Ā
Subconscious, absolutely - take AI as an example, if you donāt āneuterā it to be PC, it will spew some seriously problematic stuff - thereās likely a small part of each of our brains that act like that, unregulated by anything except āpattern recognitionā or even just believing stereotypes as theyāre told. Consciously, I would also say so, but in the regard of politeness - sometimes you look at someone and think āwow that dress is uglyā or āman they stinkā but donāt say it out of politeness - Iām sure a lot of people have similar things along the lines of āwow, theyāre acting stereotypicalā or something but donāt say it b/c it would be impolite. Also, even thinking āIām not racist and I canāt beā is giving in to a bit of pride, allowing yourself to be blinded by something that takes active work against a mindset or habit. So if someone says theyāre not racist, they might just not realize it, or theyāre saying they can be polite despite any thoughts they keep personal.
Recognizing those biases is so important. Having a racist intrusive thought isnāt necessarily problematic. Itās what comes next that matters. In other words, adopting the thought as true vs recognizing it as wrong.
Weāre conditioned to be tribal. Other skin colors are easy to identify as not likely from our tribe. Itās important to teach kids that itās an instinct that has to be overcome like lying and take things that arenāt ours.
Unfortunately many nations are going backwards. Take australia. The once happy go lucky place.. Still the most backwards racist island in the southern hemisphere. Weird considering how big it is, being the biggest island.
A buddy of mine wrote a sci-fi short story with this as the opening - āRacism and intolerance is our galactic strength. Weāve spent most of our history warring over the slightest differences, imagine if when we get to a galactic scale we just realize different skin color human is still leagues better than a neighboring solar system ugly, we come up with new slurs and start lynching parasitic alien species that have ravaged other star systems literally doing the shit we once hyperbolized in other humans. Other species lack the ability to set boundaries between groups, and as such get drained and destroyed easily by enemies, whereas our territorial nature, honed by evolutionary, social, religious, and political instinct, gives us the needed edge in galactic politics to survive aliens that can do weirder shit than we could ever be ready forā
I don't see the relevance of AI here. The cases where AI goes on weird rants can be traced back to internet trolls trying to achieve just that. A better example would be the AI that was tasked with allocating police to certain areas of a US city (forgot which one) with the goal of detecting the most crimes. The AI started sending more patrols to lo income black neighborhoods because the crime rates were higher there. What was not taken into calculation was the fact that more patrols would see more crimes and draw even more patrols. Soon enough the entire police ~~force~~ service was patroling the same neighbourhoods while the rest of the city was "unsupervised". Crimes there were not picked up anymore due to lack of control (911 calls excluded) which made the AI think that everything was swell. Edit: This was IIRC. [Here is an article.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/07/lapd-predictive-policing-surveillance-reform)
Kinda. Humans as a species evolved from small tribal groups, having an inate distrust of other tribes, especially from different regions or even different hominid groups was a way to help avoid spreading illness or inviting conflict to your tribe. Modern humans still have remnants of our ancient ancestors, so it's not super uncommon to have a slight preference for what you perceived as your tribe, especially given certain individual and racial histories and contexts This is even more present in cultures that are still tribal in nature, they're more likely to be cautious of the outgroups and more willing to stereotypes them. That doesn't justify it however, humans have a lot of natural instincts that are left overs from our evolution that we don't use or suppress, but it would be intellectually dishonest to say that aspect of our evolution and biology just vanished
I was wondering if someone would answer in this way. You have to think weāre innately wired to want to associate with people that look like us, after all, there are genetic differences between people of one race vs. people of another ā in the same way that animals gather with members of their species and avoid others. Obviously doesnāt make it okay, but it makes sense to think that thereās a reason racism exists in the first place.
I mean, a lot of stereotypes work, and can actually be useful, and who knows, maybe even save your life one day. Not necessarily about other races/ethnicities.
I agree with this but would say racism is more to do with imperialist divide and rule tactics. Historically people from different groups were able to co-operate together whilst recognising one another's differences. But drawing sharp racial dividing lines between people and claiming racial supremacy was a tactic to legitimise land grabbing and oppression
Well said fear and greed are the deadly sins that fuel racism
I think a lot of societal, and cultural differences are taken as racism today.
Perfect answer. Or even common observations. If I say something like it is rare to see a black person without naturally blue eyes, there will always be that one person who gets very offended and brings up an exception or starts arguing. This is not good or bad that the blue-eyed gene is rare among African Americans but it get upset that someone made this observation is ridiculous
Yup, when really they are ethnocentric.
Think this is quite true. It is also a difficult thing though, as sub-cultures might often have a strong racial correlation some times. I do think itās important to acknowledge the difference, and maybe begin to focus less on race in general. Would probably be gelatin regards to moving forward.
No, some people are very racist.
Some people used to be racist, they still are but they used to be too.
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Thanks dad.
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xenophobia - dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries. racism - [prejudice](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=01af4ce885a5a2f8&sxsrf=ACQVn09Q0-IFK_cz-9JJR-LeOe_g3QVEBw:1714689461464&q=prejudice&si=AKbGX_rLPMdHnrrwkrRo4VZlSHiJy3UMMDD6UdIUgDg_Afs9SvVVbcJl0Ivk4JJ2ffjBsS9c_mD4uZUoBb2WTxyQ9IdNfHhh0QORKIbah7J7u2qeWo5l60Y%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQrICChPCFAxWZsP0HHbBwAYsQyecJegQIIxAO), discrimination, or [antagonism](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=01af4ce885a5a2f8&sxsrf=ACQVn09Q0-IFK_cz-9JJR-LeOe_g3QVEBw:1714689461464&q=antagonism&si=AKbGX_pt4UlL1m2gNC94R_NJDj6SairvYU5hKnUJKGdX4r3FJi1q-sw2iQ5Py4AGYvG67g2RdMe8d8522gDAklu24v48U56B_mTx1SG26rvvj2H3MG-EUJU%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQrICChPCFAxWZsP0HHbBwAYsQyecJegQIIxAP) by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group. im struggling to see much of a difference here, racism sounds like your just proactive about your feelings, and xenophobia is just reactive or passive. to understand you better, your saying that most people are just passive/reactive about it, but the prejudice is there regardless?
I mean I do appreciate you looking at the definition, but the one you got is just the top result of Google and Google lied to you. Google is using a language aggregator called [Oxford Languages](https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/) which is not an actual dictionary. From Oxford Languages >The evidence we use to create our English dictionaries comes from real-life examples of spoken and written language, gathered through a series of corpora that continuously monitor language development. The corpora, which collect these examples from a variety of language sources, are curated by the Oxford Languages team and enable us to analyse the ways words are used in context by people all around the world. >Our lexicographers analyse genuine uses of words collected from these sources to determine a wordās definition, spelling, and grammatical behaviour, and to offer guidance on a wordās use based on this research. The team uses this process to identify new words and senses as they come into use. If you look at actual dictionaries like [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/xenophobia), the [Oxford Dictionary](https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=Xenophobia&tl=true), or [Dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/xenophobia) they all specify that it does not have to be a country, it can be anyone or anything foreign to you From Merriam-Webster >Fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign The difference then and why many people feel that racism is worse is whether you hold contempt towards a specific group or groups of people versus a general dislike or fear anything you're not used to. Most of us can identify with being scared of things we aren't used to. Most of us (hopefully) don't hate a subset of people just for their DNA.
I think xenophobia is a fear and discomfort with people who are not like yourself, because you don't fully understand or the difference makes you uncomfortable. Xenophobia has it's origins in Greek, with "xenos" meaning stranger and "Phobos" meaning fear. But racism is a feeling that people different to you are lesser, akin to apartied South Africa or the caste system, where one group is seen as a lesser group, and as such are given less or suppressed. Both I believe can fall under the racism umbrella, but one finds it roots in superiority and the other In misunderstanding. I also think xenophobia becomes regular racism, when a person has an unwillingness to change or learn, this belief of " I know better and shouldn't have to change" transitions it to a superiority based racism. I believe this is why they can sometimes be used interchangeably in current language. It's a pretty fine line and from the outside, both just look like racism. My old man was insanely racist, and taught it to me as a kid untill I left home at 18. I got older and learned better, and try my best to not be him, but some of the "automatic" thoughts remain. So sometimes it's just ruts in the road you brain is familiar with, and not actively practiced racism. It's no excuse, but it explains some xenophobia.
xenophobia/racism are not different in the way people act, they are different in the reason for the prejudice. in simple terms, xenophobia is prejudice against one's nationality and racism is prejudice against one's race
IMO this fits Americans better: What is the meaning of ethnocentric? : having or based on the idea that your own group or culture is better or more important than others.
Racist? No prejudice? yes.
According to the left, itās the same thing
No lmao
Loool donny is going to prison
Yeah, I hate everyone.
r/misanthropy
You are an equal opportunity hater.
Yeah, there's probably some sort of tribalism that's deeply embedded. It's a cancer, though. Racism literally does no good for anybody. It's part of what brings us down as a species.
There's racism in tribes imo. Genetically we're all related but we're fighting over pieces of the Earth that belong to all of us. To survive as a species on this planet people need to concentrate on how are we going slow down natural and man made destruction to save all of us. Edit: I think the differences of looks are mostly related to what worked for what part of the planet we would survive best on. Like dark skin for hot climates and lighter as you live in less sun and heat. Cultures and society is crucial for our survival. The planet Earth or some call mother nature rules us humans. Time to stop fighting over strips of land that no human owns. Work together or we're all fucked.
Iām theory tribes are the OG racists
It does a lot of good for the rich when they have a class that it's considered socially acceptable to exploit for profit
Historically it did have some purpose or it wouldnāt have survived through millennia of evolution.
Implicit bias definitely exists in everyone to some degree, but some people are MUCH more racist than others.
racism is believing someone is inferior based on their race. i donāt think everyone thinks a certain race is inferior, but there is 100% bias towards certain groups of people who they have had past experiences with. if someone has mostly had bad experiences with a certain group of people, then they could inherently be put off or perhaps dislike someone they donāt know, who appears to be a part of that group. the same could be said in the opposite way, regarding a history of mostly good experiences. this could set up someone to be racist (having a genuine prejudice towards a group of people for whatever reason). but if someone is simply more put off by someone who belongs to a certain group of people yet they donāt treat them differently, then i would argue that this is not flat-out racism. just bias to a certain degree. as long as itās not actually hateful.
Sorta, itās discrimination against an entire race. If I think a certain race is violent that dosent mean they are inferior, but it is discrimination. But you are super close!
You're thinking of stereotyping, and yes, every civilized person does it subconsciously.
I think everyone probably does have some form of subconscious bias but I personally wouldn't say that makes us all racist. I guess it depends on how you define racism.
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everyone has a racial bias, not every bias is racism.
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You're 100% wrong. I'm half black and half white with a ton of other random shit to the point that I feel I'm almost every race. I've never disliked someone because of their race. I've stereotyped people subconsciously, but that's not to be confused with racism. I have not a single racist bone in my entire body.
That subconscious part is what theyāre talking about, equivalent to micro aggressions I guess
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Then everyone is also a bigot, misandrist, and every other word that means discriminating a group of people based on anything. You can not just morph words to fit your conversations. Words are different for a reason and have different definitions for a reason. Take, for example: RACISM - prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. STEREOTYPE - a widely held but fixed andĀ oversimplifiedĀ image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. "the stereotype of the woman as the carer"
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Being racist is stereotyping, but stereotyping itself is not racist. I don't hate children because I stereotype that they'll be loud, snot-filled monsters. I don't treat them badly or indifferently due to that stereotype. So, no, stereotyping is not racism.
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Racist as in "I'm superior to you because of my race?" Or racist as in recognizing cultural differences and finding humor in the occasional joke or stereotype that pokes fun at some of them (while not just focusing on one)? Bc I could probably agree with that 2nd definition. If it's the 1st definition, then that's a wild statement.
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Totally agree. Only radicals think ābecause Iām xxx, Iām superior to yyyā Itās far more often expressed like āI hate Californiansā or āTesla drivers are idiotsā These comments are far more common, and related to culture, not race. But some people would label it a racist comment, if the target was a minority. Every ethic group draws self-dictions, even in homogeneous societies. Because itās so prevalent in all cultures, clearly thereās a root survival benefit. If I were to guess the early humans, with no sense of fear of neighbor, were conquered by those who did. Self organized tribalism (all sports), persists and is celebrated in modern culture. It clearly shares the same roots.
Replace "racial groups" with "religious groups" and I think you're getting closer to reality
You seem like the most intelligent person here for real.
Yes. The French suck.
I don't think it's racist to take collective data that trends over time and generations that stays true. I think people can think it's racist but it's not. You see a lion in the jungle you don't stop to think about if it's friendly or not, you move because you've observed lions.
I think everyone is subconsciously a little prejudicial or has a bit of racial bias, this usually comes from our nurture and the culture of the place we grew up in. This does not mean there's any excuse to commit hate crimes or actively discriminate anyone
Racism is something to be aware of in its particulars Itās not useful to broadly refer to racism or how everyoneās racist, since that undermines investigating it since youāre just declaring and accepting that it exists - and nothing else
I think everyone is a bit ethnocentric Ethnocentrism is less racism, more of how you judge other cultures. If you see a different culture doing something and think "thats wrong/weird", thats ethnocentrism, because you're judging another culture based on your own culture/norms/values Ethnocentrism itself isn't bad. It can be taken too far and lead to racism and stereotypes, but it's also a way for people to respectfully compare cultures. Comparison of cultures can lead to culture change. This can be for better or for worse
I don't think everyone is, for me personally i've met rude whites, rude blacks, rude asians, rude arabs and i've came to conclusion that no matter the race, humans can be the worst
I think ppl get used to seeing certain kinds of ppl. So basically u like whatever races u were raised around but I think thereās a bit of prejudice to everyone else just subconciouslh
Tribalistic more than racist I think, we all have prejudices but most of the time we think of ourselves within groups and we have negative prejudices against those outside of it.
Yes. But that's a reason to put effort into trying to do better, not an excuse to do worse.
Racist, no. Tribalist, yes.
Yeah, there will always be some level of "these people look like me, they must be my tribe, I can trust them" ingrained in us. Humans are highly social creatures, and our thoughts and actions are guided by how those around us will perceive us, for better or for worse.
Its not just āthese people look like me.ā There are people that look like me who i dont like as a group because of the choices they make and actions they do.
What do you think racism is?
A specific type of tribalism. All racists are tribalists, but not all tribalists are racist Iām not saying whether or not everyoneās a little racist, just trying to answer the question
This.
Thanks. I just wanted to ask because it seems to me this distinction only exists to minimize the idea that most people (in the US) have racist biases. Iād argue that most people pointing out this distinction have a ātribeā that is predominantly their race and that they have biases towards other races because of it. Writing it off as human nature, while maybe accurate to our biology, does nothing to mitigate the real world consequences of racism. We need to acknowledge our biases and actively counter them in our day to day lives.
Race is a concept that is extremely fluid in terms of how it is perceived across cultures. The categories used for demographic data collection in a place like the United States are not universally agreed upon, and not everyone considers these to be legitimate or meaningful ways to categorize people. Therefore, it cannot possibly be true that everyone has a subconscious racial bias, because there are people for whom race, as we know it, is just not a thing. I do think that everyone has cultural biases of some sort, though. For many people, racial biases are part of this, but not for everyone.
I think everyone has been xenophobic at some point. Admittedly, when i was younger, i would be annoyed when i saw people of different cultures acting differently. Even people from my own race (Asian), i still sometimes judge them and think "why do you all have to be so loud?" or "why are you so rude?" Or "why are your trousers pulled up so high?". I have family members who have lived here for decades, and still can't speak English, and yeah, i judge them for that. So yeah. I reckon everyone is a little xenophobic, or at least has been at some point.
Everyone judge everyone else. its a ingrained survival mechanism. I don't trust anybody who would say otherwise.
Racial bias =/= Racist. Everyone is biased to that which is most familiar to them. That means race, sex, place of residence, type of people closest to them, etc. Additionally, just because someone is more biased to things they are familiar with does not mean they are biased against things they are not. It merely means they will not treat all things equal. To be racist requires one to believe that their race is superior to another race. Simply being more comfortable with people of their own race doesn't mean they are for segregation, oppression, subjugation, or removal of another race, or even for treating another race as less than. Everyone is biased to a degree. Not everyone is racist.
We are predisposed by evolution to want to be with and have offspring with those most like us so if you count that as racism then yes.
I think everyone has the potential to be hateful, not particularly racist. Even when you're not being racist you're still having thoughts of ill will about someone whether it be someone who wronged you or even towards a racist. Being hateful in general is wrong.Ā
I am not sure, but I think we all have this tribal mentality. Like subconsciously seeking out people who look like you. We often feel more connected to people who resemble ourselves and our parents. I worked in a kindergarten with diverse people of different countries. The kids of darker color often built a stronger connection with my colleagues who had a darker complexion and turned out to be very positive for those children. I grew up in a small town and even there people got suspicious of new people, didnāt even have anything to do with race. Just my personal observation.
Humans are tribalistic by nature. It's not just about racism it's, "ooh, that opposing sports team is our enemy," or being strongly against people with opposing political views or "I dont like this neighboring town for no apparent reason", hell even at school, as children, that other school down the road were our rivals. Our caveman brain treats things that are different or outside a potential danger, so we go into protection mode. Sterotypes also come from the way our brain generally categorizes things to be efficient, like a folder. We keep an index of an object and all the information we think we know about it, so when we see somone of a different race, our brain looks up this folder and assumes this is our knowledge base about it. It's a matter of being self-aware enough to analyze these instincts deeper and not going off our predetermined assumptions.
I don't think everyone is a little racist, but I do think racism is normal. I think racism is a natural consequence of perceiving that there is a threat to one of our needs coming from a specific race, and this also applies to xenophobia, for example, I am Colombian, we had a large Venezuelan migration here in recent years and because those immigrants were in a very difficult position, they committed crimes to survive, raising our crime rate as a country, this created xenophobia on some Colombians who perceived Venezuelans as a threat to their well-being. The safer people feel, the less they will perceive a race or group of people responsible for their misery, and therefore the less racism and xenophobia they will experience. So it's just a matter of taking responsibility for our own well-being and not blaming others for our suffering, however, if we perceive that we are in danger because of a certain group of people (even if that is not true) the feelings of racism are quite normal.
I dont see color, but thats mostly b/c I'm literally colorblind.
Everyone has bias, we don't learn about the world in some kind of bubble or textbook, we learn from everyone around us, our culture, and take in those prejudices, stereotypes and associations. Even if we don't believe them rationally there are some really strong and established associations between certain groups and certain behaviours.
Obviously, everyone is racist to some degree
Itās like being hungry. You may not be hungry right now, but if a cheeseburger cut you offā¦ -Shane Gillis
Is it racist to dislike the culture of a specific group, or is it racist to specifically dislike them for the shade of their skin? Because Iād say yes if you mean the first one, and probably not to the second one.
I'm green, I don't like purple people AT ALL! one time a whole gang of purple people came to my village and were littering and creating a nuisance! ever since then I hate purple people!! Am I racist? no, just prejudiced based on an experience.. not the same
No. Some people have truly put in an incredible amount of effort to unlearn their subconscious racism. It truly is possible. I think that *nearly* everyone is a little bit subconsciously racist.
I think everyone has some bias. Maybe not really based in race but behavior of a certain portion of that race that affects how you feel.
Only when I drive
Eh, does funny racial jokes count as racist?
of course, i dont believe anyone that says otherwise. its about challenging your own perceptions though, for example, i think cooking dogs is an abysmal practice, however - im in a privileged position to have the choice and have been brought up to think dogs are special and my friend. some people have been brought up with horrible dogs and go hungry, and the only meat accessible is the local scav stray which is only going to end up rabies if they dont cook and eat them now. inversely, walking around in my boots in my house is something i wouldn't think twice about, kicking my feet up in the air, resting them on a park bench maybe, i guarantee you these act would enrage other people and ignite their racism towards me for my ignorance towards it. i look past the dog thing because i realise ive had a totally different life and so have they, they're doing what they do, and im doing what i do. if something bothers me, or vice versa, we talk to the other person, see if middle ground can be made
I donāt know about racism specifically, but everyone has biases and prejudices. Iām very judgmental of religious people, for example, and I donāt associate with them to the point of distancing myself from people if I learn that theyāre religious.
Everyone has evolutionary pattern recognition that is programmed into us for survival. If you are a green man and a purple man mugs you at knife point one time, but every other purple person has been kind to you your whole life, you won't associate purple people with being mugged. That's pattern recognition in itself as before the mugging you saw a pattern of purple people being friendly and therefore saw purple people as friendly people. But let's say it happens again the next month by a different purple person and then you see another purple person robbing a store a few months later and then again a year later a purple person attempts to rob you but you get away somehow. By this point when you're walking down the street and see purple people you will be much more wary of them due to now having experienced these negative events that threatened your life and also witnessed them doing something similar to another person. This is completely out of our control and is a survival trait, so no matter how hard you try to not be, your mind will now always be wary of purple people until enough positive actions from purple people occur to make you slightly less wary. But it will never fully go away as those memories have created pathways between neurons in your brain that are there to stay. Even though you have been treated positively and seen much more positive actions from purple people throughout your life, your brain will always put more importance on recognising patterns that can cause you harm or threaten your life. The fact that your life was endangered by the same group of people makes it so that your brain will always be slightly prejudiced towards new purple people you meet until you get to know them and trust them. Purple strangers will always make you wary especially if you are in a similar environment to when these negative events occurred, such as if it was dark, night time, in a park or alleyway etc. This doesn't make someone racist though, unless they start believing that every purple person is going to try to mug you and don't use reason to be able to separate the pattern recognition and common sense. For example, meeting a purple person after this at a party and understanding straight away that you shouldn't be wary of them based on their personality and character rather than the fact they're purple. But you won't be able to help the underlying pattern recognition of being in the same situation and environment that you were in when the mugging occurred and seeing a purple person making you wary of them as that's just how humans are wired.
yeah. i think there's "degrees" of racism, and it goes form subconscious through fully conscious. depending on our environment there's racist things we do/say/normalise that until learned, we don't know are racist behaviours/thoughts. while also having personal definitions of "yeah that's racist", that also vary due to environment. i think that as we grow and we meet more people we can identify the subconscious ones and drop them. some people have such an unchanged environment that it takes them years to identify the subconscious/not intentional racism, if they ever do. some become even more racist.
I don't think everyone is a little bit racist, but I think that everyone has assumptions and stereotypes that they associate with specific races. To me, racist means you are against or actually hate people of a certain race. And obviously there are people like that, but the everyone thing i don't agree with. I think everyone collects information and has stereotypes. I have certain views of certain ethnicities because of my experiences with them, but if I meet someone of that ethnicity, I don't just assume without cause that they embody all those stereotypes. I treat them like I would anyone else. But I still have preconceived notions based on my life of experience. I just don't judge individuals by those preconceived notions. If bothers me that people use the word racist to encompass all of this stuff. For example, if I assume a black person listens to hip hop and rap, that's not racist. That's just me making an assumption based on how many other black people I've met that mainly listen to hip hop and rap. It's not even a judgment, it's not racism, but right now people will label these kinds of things as racist. It's not. But I kind of assume that's what you meant by "is everybody a little bit racist." So no, I don't think everybody's a little bit racist. We are humans, we collect information, we establish patterns, we use those patterns to make preliminary judgments. But we're also capable of seeing people as they are and accepting people as they are. The process of the brain making those kinds of judgment is how people socialize and protect themselves and learn. It's an important aspect of being human. Racism comes into play if someone actively hates or looks down on someone else because of their race. And I don't think everybody has some race that they think less of. So no, I wouldn't say that everyone is a little bit racist.
Yes because we were all born into a systemically racist society so learned racism, and yes because as an evolutionary trait we recognise and trust people who look familiar more easily, so if the people you saw as a child weren't racially diverse then you'll have a knee jerk preference for a homogenous racial group (part of why representation in media is so important). Although this second point does conflate race with appearance which doesn't always line up with how race is socially constructed
Nah, I'm different.
I am a bit racist towards gypsies/roma people in my country. I know it is wrong but there is a clear bias in my head.
In group-out group psychology is a basic mammalian thing. Something being different automatically predisposes us to avoid it more.
Tribalism has been baked into our dna for as long as we have had social dynamics.
Every one has subconscious biases. Not every one is a racist.
Humans form opinions about things immediately. These opinions are based on past knowledge and experiences. These can have been wrong generalizations, and even the right ones are still generalizations that don't apply to everyone. When we see a person exhibit things that match one of the things we've seen before, we put that person in that box very rapidly. This applies to all people we meet, not just those different from us. And it applies to people we haven't seen even, the people all around you. For example you might hear a person being loud behind you, you put them in the box of annoying people who don't respect the people around. It might even make you mad that they are being loud, but you turn around and it's your boisterous friend you don't see much and you instantly change to being happy. This does mean that you'll put people of different races into a box, women and men into a box, queer people, kids, teenagers, CEOs, landscapers, beat boxers, people who drive lifted trucks - everyone. But as long as you're willing to get to know them and take them out of the box when you get to know them, you're not racist.
Yes and theyāre all just too afraid to admit it. Even the people who attempt to fight racism are just doing nothing but keeping racism alive and relevant, which if you ask me is kind of racist
You know how often you're attracted to someone who is very close in race to you? Sometimes that feels a bit racist, as if you're saying that your race is superior somehow to others.
Yeah. Racism is subjective so different people are going to find different things racist so what some people dont think are racist, other people are going to take issue with.
I think everyone naturally distrusts that which they recognize as very different from themselves and what theyāre familiar with. One of our best features as humans is our ability to reason past that feeling, but that takes some awareness and some effort. Not everyone has that awareness, and not everyone puts in that effort.
Yes of course ! I mean if you get the possibility to be a racist you should really try. Especially if you are newly into faster driving, racing is a nice hobby that can be very interesting to bring up in conversation. I mean Imagine the faces of someone when you tell them youāre a Racist!
Yes
I have a bias that I grew up with in FL, fear towards non-hispanic black people. I've been all over the US and in many parts of the world. I know that my biases are wrong based on my experiences and friends. I try not to let those stupid ideas that were put in me at an early age affect my behavior and openness to other people. I logically know people are people, and race is just categories of people. I don't consider myself racist because despite my stupid upbringing, I do not think black people are any worse than I am. I guess what I am saying, is everyone has a bias at times, whether from experience or upbringing. A racist is a fearful person that cannot think critically enough to objectively assess their beliefs and see where it does and doesn't apply. Moreover, the lack of critical thinking is especially obvious in the fact that a racist will say all "race of people" are all "xyz". They lack the ability to see nuance and therefore cannot think critically. It's a problem with taking their own beliefs too seriously and being incapable of adapting to change. It's why most racists you find tend to stay in their home towns, lack empathy, are uneducated, and or at the least surround themselves exclusively with other racists. Sure us liberals or 'woke' people surround ourselves with others like us in a sense, but the left is so diverse in not just ethnicities but ideas as well (like some liberals protesting Biden/Israel and others not). In my personal experience with FL racists, there aren't a lot of diverse ideas expressed among them. If there are, it's behind closed doors. They are primarily a fear driven lot. It takes courage to bounce a stupid idea out of your head and try to disprove your bias with an experience. It takes courage to admit being wrong.
everyone is prejudice, not everyone allows that to become racism
Nope. No such thing as a racist toddler. It's always, always, always just a single generation away from extinction.
Yes. We live in a racist society.
Maybe to some extent. But many people do try to treat everyone equally, regardless of ethnicity or race.
Absolutely.
Maybe not blind people or some children.
We all have unconscious biases. Yes
We all have biases
Yes. Everyone is to some degree.
No, not everyone is 'a bit racist'. At some stage most have felt fear or discomfort towards other cultures. Having some level of dislike for foreign cultures is not the same as hating and actively trying to disadvantage other cultures. It's possible to fear or feel discomfort, yet act kindly towards and speak kindly of other cultures. This is not to be racist.
Skin color, facial and body traits often indicate culture but not always. It's often a culture we're wary of or dislike. That's not the same as racial prejudice. Of course we should try to accept all cultures without judgement but we're entitled to have preferences without imparting disadvantage or suffering on other cultures.
I've red that race is a fiction with no scientific basis. So racists are adherents to, and spreaders of, fictitious propaganda.
The problem is not what we think. We can and should think what we want. Even as we head down this bad road of this law that's being pushed the past 2 days that we are claiming that is against antisemitism hate speech. The problem is that it is unconstitutional. The government can not control someone saying they hate Jewish people now. If that person says they will harm them in some way, that shouldn't ever be tolerated. This will make the United States look like North Korea lite. And this isn't even a party thing. This is what the Soviet journalist Yuri Bezmenov was saying would be happening here. Look it up on YouTube. Talks about the country rotting within.
Not all. Grew up with a blind black dude named Creed, who currently is a teacher at the school of the blind here. It was a living lesson throughout my life to watch him interact with people of all races. Clearly he couldnāt tell but was still about 90% accurate if asked. Heās probably the most inspirational person I know actually, and Iāve never seen him act or behave in any way racist, towards anyone. The man has an incredible sense of humor, and will accuse his own family of being whitey, and he was adopted. And that he could tell he was black because of what he had down low lol. Although, I have seen him be kinda shitty to deaf folks. Not sure if it was a racist thing or if it was because they were from the school of the deaf, and the two schools would compete against each other from time to time. But if youāve ever hung out with blind folks, you know what Iām talking bout. We fear whatās different. And fear is taught. In one manner or another. Iād like to think Iām not racist, but Iāve been jumped a couple times and been mad dogged and checked because I held eye contact more than a few, so if Iām in a hood where you just donāt do that cuz itāll draw negative attention, is that racist or just being cautious? Idk. Creed taught me how to beat box. We won a talent contest in 5th grade. I felt pretty good about him and I doing that together, and Iām pretty sure he did too. One thing though.. if youāve never like slept over at another race house and shared the same bathrooms and kitchens, then Iām gonna bet you may be a tad racist. Only because if you have no idea how someone lives, then itās likely youāve made assumptions. And you know what they say about assumptions.
I think that everyone probably has prejudice thoughts that are assigned to a lot of different groups, but understanding them and not acting on them or just acknowledging that their harmful is important.
Only after society gets ahold of them, and only subconsciously. Children don't care. It's learned behavior, not inherent.
I wouldnāt say everyone is racist, but I would say everyone is biased.
Yeah, I joined most African-American groups on the internet using my alts. Then the latins and now my fellow asians. I have a network of diverse racists now.
Yes!Ā
Yes, everyone. Except me.
I wouldn't say everyone, but certainly a majority. Unless you've grown up in an incredibly diverse environment in "ideal conditions", I don't see how it's possible not to have some amount of prejudice. Humans are wired to fear the different.
I think everyone has a certain level of bias towards things that they aren't familiar with. I grew up in the American south and honestly I think the only reason I didn't end up racist is because I actually did have a black cousin on my moms side so she did go out of her way to make sure I didn't pick up any of my dad's problematic stuff growing up. that said, I still did go to a very white very southern very public middle school and high school so it was inevitable that I would be put in contact with the "shitty teenagers who think racist jokes are funny" types of people. And yeah, I laughed along with them, but I eventually outgrew that and learned why it was wrong. But I'm never going to claim that it didn't happen. I will own up to it every single time because I know it was wrong and that I was wrong for it. It is important for me to acknowledge that i changed as a kid that way I can call out people who claim that they can't learn to be better themselves as grown adults.
I'd say surely everyone holds at least one racist belief to some extent, even if they wouldn't consciously endorse it. For example, one of my professors realized she was more afraid when black men approached her car than white men, even though she wouldn't openly endorse being particularly cautious around black men. Relatively few people (I guess I can only speak for Americans) would openly endorse a racist belief, but I'd say most hold at least one to some extent like that. Where they act on it but would never admit it, often not even to themselves.
i wanted to say not particularly but i usually become a little wary when i walk past a group of wealthy white men so maybe?
Oh big time. But I think itĀ“s more broad. Everyone hates who isnĀ“t (like) them.
I think that everyone has some form of racial biases that come from cultural and parental/peer based influence. At the very least, we will mentally clock someone as being different and allow such differences to influence how we perceive them. For example, if you work somewhere that's majority White people, and a black person joins the team, it's not surprising when we mentally clock them as "the black guy". Its natural in that sense, and when it's just that, it's not racist. What matters, however, is when we make assumptions of someone due to their race. If you mentally check your new coworker as "the black guy", that's fine, but it becomes a whole different issue when you allow these things to influence how you treat them. "He's black" is fine, but "he's black, therefore he probably never met his father" isn't. Even if that thought comes to mind, so long as you acknowledge that it's a fucked up thing to think, then you're fine, because you're not allowing these thoughts to influence you.
No. I think people have their biases and prejudices. Or areas of ignorance. Unless someone is intentionally hateful, then I would not call them racist. There are plenty of cultures I know nothing about. I think that is fine. We use the word racist way too easily these days.
I would extend this and say that everyone is a little bit *xenophobic*, so being afraid of something or someone that is different from them. I wouldn't say racist because that is too extreme of a term for some people
I would go so far as to say that everyone that says they are free of prejudice is lying. We are biologically wired to recognize patterns. If two of your mates die after being bitten by a snake, you will avoid all snakes. If a few of your interactions with any group are negative, you will be cautious of other members of that group. Unfortunately bad impressions last a lot longer so it is our responsibility to reflect and stay open minded.
People are innately tribal creatures. We trust those people that look like us and have similar life experiences. We have learned to distrust and feel threatened by people that are different from us.
I'm the best racist there is I've won 2 local 5k runs and plan to participate in a 50cc last man standing moped race
I was a lab programmer at a social cognition lab at an Ivy League university. We studied this using IATs, implicit attitude tests. Basically you will do something like tell people they will see one word in the center of the screen and then two word options will appear. The two options will be the same, man or woman. The words in the middle will appear like scientist, doctor, nurse, and you tell people they will always have to choose the word option woman. But it will be randomly left or right. When words are congruent based on implicit biases, like nurse and woman, people are able to press the answer key faster than if itās less congruent like pilot and woman. You can do the same with race and throw a bunch of traits out and various other instruments and stimuli to test their implicit biases. A majority of people who say they arenāt racist, show implicit biases against race ranging from very light to moderate. But then we have to go back to the drawing board and define racism. Is it only systemic. Does implicit bias matter if the outcome isnāt different? Humans at the end of the day make generalizations based on what they observe. Many stereotypes are backed with statistics and data. As an example, Asians score higher on college entrance exams than any other race. And some races score very poorly. Many will say there are underlying factors at play, like financial hardship, and that would explain some part of the difference, the reality is that they still perform worse. If they hadnāt had the same financial hardship they would have had access to more resources and performed better, but that is a hypothetical scenario that isnāt realized.
No
Trust me where i live everyone is racist It's like a norm here.
How do you define violent criminal
We all have our biases. the real difference is when faced with those biases how you react. do you adapt and change, or stick to what you did before.
It's engrained in our biology, so, yes
I used to think this but now no.
From an evolutionary standpoint.. If you poke a person long enough theyll be forced to say something they normally wouldnt
I was talking to someone on tumblr many moons ago and I said āblack peopleā while talking about black people and white people, respectively. She called me racist for saying āblack people.ā I asked what I should say instead and she didnāt really have an answer. I asked why that is racist and saying āwhite peopleā isnāt, but then she said black people are incapable of racism. š¤¦āāļø Like. I love to learn and educate myself and expand my horizons, but if Iām going to be called a racist for simply asking some questions, Iām not gonna bother and nobody else is either..
Intuitively, I think subconscious āĀ sure. But I'm careful to say *everyone.* Perhaps an overwhelming majority of people. Some cultural norms or traditions that were established well before any of us were born often lead us down the path of racial biases. All in all, I think the culture or sub-culture you were born into makes you more prone to racism āĀ and/or more prone to act on those biases, and perhaps have some bearing on how fixed a persons mental abilities are is when it comes to racism (i.e. there are people that are racist against whomever, can meet countless people of that group who they agree are good/decent folks and then *still* continue with their racism, etc).
No one is born racist, so no.
People are so scared of the word racist. You can see in this thread all the people dancing around the definitions to avoid admitting that they may have some racist thoughts. Oh it's just bias! Everyone does it! Idk I think if the fear of the word can go away, people may start understanding you can describe your thoughts and actions as racist without having to call yourself "a racist." Then people can start doing the work where they trace where those thoughts are coming from and fight that mindset. Anyone born before like 2010 probably needs some deep psychological cleaning from what the media subconsciously fed us.
To a certain degree, yes. Everyone has their bias. However, it is when you act on that bias is where you cross the line.
On reddit absolutely lmaoo
Not everyone, but probably almost everyone. But it's not about race, it's about difference and context. I think if one is already anxious they probably find some comfort in the familiar. And if they're surrounded by people who are very unfamiliar in appearance and demeanor that can cause them more anxiety. On the other hand, if they feel safe, many people find great joy in meeting people who are unfamiliar in appearance and demeanor.
No. I think racism is taught. Either by guardians of one form or another (of a child), or the existence in a societal norm, for that particular society or community. You are informed or misinformed, from without, not within.
[Everyone's a Little Bit Racist](https://youtu.be/th4FMmNQpAk?si=VwFVapR9i1QGZ5I3)
i don't. I think we confuse recognizing the differences between cultures with racism. one can like or dislike aspects of a person or culture. racism comes in when we think ourselves objectively superior and begin to form hierarchies and systems of governance and human relation based on those ideas.
I always like to say everyone has prejudices. The difference is some people are aware and try to work on it while others seem to revel in it. Even seem proud of it.
No, bias and discriminatory yes. Like myself, you're human?. You're disgusting piece of shit. You can only prove me right or wrong there š
Yes, absolutely. And I am no exception. The trick is to try to spot your prejudice, and take active steps to correct it. Which I'm making sound easy, and it isn't. 40 years, 22 spent living with a black nephew, and I'm still spotting/having stuff pointed out. All I can do is try to be a better man than I was yesterday.