VOTING POLL: Is Racism A Human Behavior? (Do You Think It's Human Nature To Hate People Unlike You?)

[Silkk]

No

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Your life experiences tell you its natural to fear?
"Things" is a variable that can be anything. A child isn't born afraid of snakes or "the boogeyman".

Well... we need to quantify "things" My 2 year old nephew is afraid of cats.... for no apparent reason whatsoever....... at least not to his adult family.........

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

You'd be surprised.

My baby girl afraid of mice...... She's only 2....

 

[Frump]

We're all social animals and inherently tribal to an extent. To disregard that is foolish. Most people feel awkward being the one person different from all the others in a group. It doesn't make you hateful it's just a natural human instinct

And yes groups throughout history have hated and oppressed other groups that will never change

You give any group of people power and they will abuse it every group in history has shown that.

 

[Heafcliffe]

Personally, I believe it is a learned behavior with adults as the conduit. Saw this pic this week and they are 2 young girls accepting one another without influence (or so I gather).

 

[the cac mamba]

no, i love white bytches

You mean transsexuals

same shyt

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

You'd be surprised.

Well... we need to quantify "things" My 2 year old nephew is afraid of cats.... for no apparent reason whatsoever....... at least not to his adult family.........

There's a wealth of psychological research available on this topic. Even YouTube videos which test different children. Fear in the general sense is not inate. Fears are primarily learned either by direct experience or indirect experience. Of course like all things in nature we will be able to find exceptions/anomalies but in general, fear is primarily a learned response. I could do the Google's for you but you have the same access to the information that I do if you choose to do the research.

 

[SirReginald]

 

[SirReginald]

We're all social animals and inherently tribal to an extent. To disregard that is foolish. Most people feel awkward being the one person different from all the others in a group. It doesn't make you hateful it's just a natural human instinct

And yes groups throughout history have hated and oppressed other groups that will never change

You give any group of people power and they will abuse it every group in history has shown that.

THIS is true

 

[Poitier]

There's a wealth of psychological research available on this topic. Even YouTube videos which test different children. Fear in the general sense is not inate. Fears are primarily learned either by direct experience or indirect experience.

LOL I went the school for this shyt. Babies display fear of heights, snakes, foreign voices, etc. You're simply wrong.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

LOL I went the school for this shyt. Babies display fear of heights, snakes, foreign voices, etc. You're simply wrong.

I'm wondering what school is teaching students that babies are naturally afraid of snakes and "foreign voices". You have a psychology degree from what school?
Also, I said before there are some fears specifically of heights and being alone among some that have been proven to be natural. Most others are learned.

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Yes. Recognition and assistance of "like" individuals is an evolutionary trait. Full-on racism is a different thing, but feeling more comfortable around your own kind, your own tribe, your own kin etc... is part of our biology.

 

[Poitier]

I'm wondering what school is teaching students that babies are naturally afraid of snakes. You have a psychology degree from what school?
Also, I said before there are some fears specifically of heights and being alone among some that have been proven to be natural. Most others are learned.

I went to NYU and yes babies attend to tons of stimuli with fear....one of those being snakes

 

[SirReginald]

Yes. Recognition and assistance of "like" individuals is an evolutionary trait. Full-on racism is a different thing, but feeling more comfortable around your own kind, your own tribe, your own kin etc... is part of our biology.

Good point

 

[Krazy K]

Do You Agree Racism Is A Behavior That's Embedded In Us?

If by US you mean white people then yes