What do you think of the OP? Is that theory plausible?
No. Itās nurture not nature.
How do you know? Try to keep an open mind. If true this could help de-politicize race. And that would be good for all. Right?
WuWei:
Good question.
No.
Wait, yes.
There are probably millions of people in America who hate cats. Just because they are cats. For some reason their brains are wired that way. Does it stop with cats?
No.
I believe racism is a result of environment and nurture.
If a child is raised in a racist household, then chances are that child will grow to be a racist.
Not in every case, though. Thereās always exceptions.
TheRedComet:
No.
I believe racism is a result of environment and nurture.
If a child is raised in a racist household, then chances are that child will grow to be a racist.
Not in every case, though. Thereās always exceptions.
Thatās a good, open minded reply.
WuWei
June 8, 2020, 2:33am
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TheRedComet:
No.
I believe racism is a result of environment and nurture.
If a child is raised in a racist household, then chances are that child will grow to be a racist.
Not in every case, though. Thereās always exceptions.
Thatās because they arenāt the clean slates we once thought. See: Haidt.
IBC
June 8, 2020, 2:50am
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AlexMcAlpine:
Wouldnāt you say, āhuman natureā?
Every tribe/race thinks itās superior to another.
Who created human nature? God.
Why?
To prevent mankind from reaching his full potential by working together.
If youāre a devout Christian, thatās the explanation for racism that makes sense.
Wait. Are you creating a Tower of Babel narrative and then imputing it to Christians?
zantax
June 8, 2020, 3:31am
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Iām sorry did I upset the white people are particularly evil trope?
zantax
June 8, 2020, 3:34am
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TheRedComet:
No.
I believe racism is a result of environment and nurture.
If a child is raised in a racist household, then chances are that child will grow to be a racist.
Not in every case, though. Thereās always exceptions.
Demonstrably false, unless you believe this country is as racist as it was forty or a hundred years ago. Racism is neither hereditary or incurable.
altair1013:
Racism is the failure of an individual to use the frontal lobes to to properly control the stress signals from the amygdala when different races interact. And it effects all races. None are immune. The amygdala is hardwired for instincts and emotions as part of our genetic code. Humans have frontal lobes for analytical thought. The frontal lobes operate slowly. taking seconds, minutes or even years to analyze. For tens of millions of years mankind has developed instincts to oppose anyone who is different. One of the best ways to detect a threat is through looks/behaviors/culture. It may take quite some time to deprogram this instinct. Our frontal lobes prevent the vast majority of us from attacking people that we perceive as different. Over time we train our brain to do this. When we have a failure in the frontal lobes to properly analyze people and situations, we have racism.
Before you go after me. I wasnāt smart enough to come up with this. I borrowed it and abbreviated it from somebody who is.
What do you think?
Not convinced. Organized systems that are widespread through society is not a spontaneous failure of the amygdala of an entire culture. Rather, it is a development of ideas and assumptions built over time, which lead to the alteration of the behavior of affected persons.
Nope. You arenāt evil if you arenāt perpetuating systemic racism.
Thatās what he saidā¦ nurture.
zantax
June 8, 2020, 3:55am
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Nope, plenty of kids raised by racists arenāt racists.
IBC
June 8, 2020, 3:58am
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https://blog.independent.org/2020/06/01/george-floyd-and-the-future-of-police-misconduct/
Even if you dont believe in systemic racism, the fact remains that policy changes in policing need to happen to eradicate bad actors.
Which is why he said CHANCES ARE.
