Monday, September 14, 2009 10:42:57 AM
@opiebreath "Police, it is innate to categorize and to form groups, especially based on aesthetics. However it is not innate to form racist ideas."
Yes, it is innate to form groups. Human history is full of it - religious wars, race wars, political wars, etc.. It seems perfectly reasonable to expect that for kids, skin color would be the most obvious categorizational variable, since it's in plain sight. Kids at that age don`t have an ideology, so they can`t argue about politics. They may have been raised in a religious family but they haven`t really thought about it yet, so they can`t group around that (unless there are obvious differences in attire, like turbans or crosses or yarmulkes).
They will group by skin color. And, as the study in the article shows, they will tend to think those in their group are nicer and better than the other group. So racism isn`t "innate" but it is almost inevitable given the innate tendency to visually group people.
Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:32:33 AM
I was rushing in the airport and saw that. I was in such a fit of laughter I missed my flight. Now I hate this cover.
Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:24:43 AM
@osirisascend: Got that much. It seemed that you were implying that it was racist because of the context of the thread. Also, I was never gone... No need to welcome me back.
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