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

[mcdivit85]

You have racism in other countries and xenophobia.

Xenophobia is a form of prejudice. Racism is a cold, calculated system that isn't about like or dislike.

And the xenophobia you mentioned is most likely stoked by the hands of white supremacy i.e. various CIA jackal missions aimed at creating splinter groups within a country's political landscape to create in-fighting.

Peace

 

[mcdivit85]

rac·ism
ˈrāˌsizəm/
noun
noun: racism
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.

• prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

There is clear racism in other parts of the world.
Your comment that "There is only one form of racism on the entire planet, white supremacy" is completely false and seems to be a narrow view based solely on your experience with American culture.

That's not a complete or even accurate definition of racism. Racism is a system, not an emotion. But you believe what you want to believe.

Based on American culture? Ok, tell me a place on earth that has not been economically, politically and/or socially affected by white supremacy via enslavement, colonization or political intervention?

I'll wait

Peace

 

[Black Nate Grey]

Yes but not even close to the extent white people or Arabs have took it.
On second thought let me rectify, prejudice is natural but when it morphs into racism, like the above groups that's an example of deviant behavior imo.

 

[SirReginald]

It may be human nature to fear people unlike you, which becomes hate, or is masked by hate.

It's not human nature to hate though.

Good point and you make a reasonable statement.

 

[HoldThisL]

People are not born racist .

 

[godkiller]

Bigotry is due to simple survival instinct. People of similar ethnic tribes and backgrounds will naturally gravitate to each other more and be leery of outsiders

Racism is societal though, American racism was created by the capitalist elites to ensure working class people did not come together and overthrow the system.

Racism is just a different form of tribalism.

 

[Reflected]

Absolutely, but you would hope that as humans, the most intelligent species on this planet, we would rise above that and learn to work together. Maybe in the future but I highly doubt it.

edit: Humans aren't naturally good people, unless you have some weird understanding of the word. It is a dog eat dog world, rules are set in place to prevent that but if the world went to shyt, you would see first hand how savage your average person could be. You don't have to look far on the internet to find examples of that level of savagery. Conformity =/= good-natured, imo.

 

[Zardoz]

no, i love white bytches

You mean transsexuals

same shyt

Amazing opening to a thread like this.

Anyway, differences will always be a thing but actual hatred is taught.
Anyone denying it is just making excuses for their own hate.

 

[AAKing23]

This thread is to exonerate white people for racism by claiming it's natural to humans. Typical evil cac bullshyt

Gtfoh

Exactly, tryna humanize these cacs

 

[Lucy]

This definitely falls under the "nature vs. nurture" debate.

I sometimes get a tad bit uncomfortable with the "racism is natural" statement because a lot of racists Cac love using it to justify their racist ways.

With that said, since the brain loves to categorize, I do think it's natural to recognize differences and categorize them. However, how we react to those differences I think is more based on nurture than nature and the kind of environment you grew up in.

In my early years, I grew up in a multiracial/cultural environment so being around different kinds of ethnic backgrounds never really phased and I never really had any preconceived notations about others because I was exposed to others at such and early age. However, the experience was a positive one and I'm quite sure if someone has a negative experience instead, their viewpoint would be entirely different.

So, for me, I'm more likely to lean on a nurture vote than a nature vote.

 

[godkiller]

This definitely falls under the "nature vs. nurture" debate.

I sometimes get a tad bit uncomfortable with the "racism is natural" statement because a lot of racists Cac love using it to justify their racist ways.

Racism is a natural part of human skepticism, but this does not justify it. War and murder are natural parts of human society too, this doesn't justify murder. People can control their murderous feelings like they can control their bigotry.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

i think its ingrained in us to oppose people who are different or unfamiliar...but that doesnt mean that every single person feels that way...i just feel like if you take away black folk, gay people, etc..someone will still be treated like shyt and glossed over.

racism, like war...will never go away. people are always going to hate one another.

 

[TEH]

The white apologists are on their grind in this thread.

 

[Vandelay]

Racism, no. Prejudice, yes.

Prejudices formed into a socio-economic system is basically what racism is. At least large scale racism. You do get your instances where someone is beat up or killed that's part of the dominant society because they're a specific race. But when looked at on a macro level those instances are so miniscule compared to the shyt black people face daily.

I think if you isolate a black and a white kid together from media and society no such hatred will ever arise. Or any other race or ethnicity for that matter.

 

[SirReginald]

The white apologists are on their grind in this thread.

Where in this thread did anyone apologize for white people