So I’m going to say that racism will never stop. Because it is part of our nature and instinct to survive to notice differences and be uncomfortable with them. Because it is in our make up to have these feelings about differences, the most obvious difference such as skin color can never be completely gotten over. It takes humanity going from instinct to logic, and… I don’t think many people are capable of that. So racism will persist. But racism is a part of the disease, not the disease itself. It all comes from the distrust of differences that can lead to fear and then hate. The only thing we can do is to learn to conquer the biases in our nature against the unfamiliar and be logical judges that learn to evaluate before considering one thing good and another evil.
Oh and we passed 100 so YAY!
Yay! Have we come to the conclusion, then, that racism stems from the human instinct to fear, distrust, or lower the unknown?
That doesn't ring true to me. People with different colored skin isn't "unknown", it's just different. I think it stems from the historic significance of the us vs them narrative, which is innately political.
It comes from difference to not us to us vs them. And Americans have a history of this that pertains excessively to race. But that is only one way it can go. Perhaps the easiest as it is the most obvious. But it can happen based on any difference be it sexual orientation to religious views to politics and many others.
“The oldest and greatest emotion is fear, and the oldest and greatest fear, is fear of the unknown” -I forgot who said this
But let's not forget that racism is taught not an instinct that we are born with. Babies do not discriminate. Children don't hate. But going through the school system and life in general, humans are taught to constantly fight to be better than everyone else, what privilege is, what constitutes as beauty etc.
And what is ours and right.
“The oldest and greatest emotion is fear, and the oldest and greatest fear, is fear of the unknown” -I forgot who said this
HP Lovecraft. Who happens to have been so racist, his KKK friends told him to chill a little bit.
Adding on to what you were saying. “right” I suppose since a lot of it is relative and subjective, such as what food is right. Pita and hummus for instance. Very right.
“The oldest and greatest emotion is fear, and the oldest and greatest fear, is fear of the unknown” -I forgot who said this
HP Lovecraft. Who happens to have been so racist, his KKK friends told him to chill a little bit.
That guy was so messed up. Red from OSP did a Halloween special on him that I haven’t really watched yet,
“The oldest and greatest emotion is fear, and the oldest and greatest fear, is fear of the unknown” -I forgot who said this
HP Lovecraft. Who happens to have been so racist, his KKK friends told him to chill a little bit.
His cat tho
My god when I found out his cat was named that I wasn’t sure if it was true
Adding on to what you were saying. “right” I suppose since a lot of it is relative and subjective, such as what food is right. Pita and hummus for instance. Very right.
so right. so delicious
But who in this world thinks that 'hate' is a good thing?
Adding on to what you were saying. “right” I suppose since a lot of it is relative and subjective, such as what food is right. Pita and hummus for instance. Very right.
so right. so delicious
But who in this world thinks that 'hate' is a good thing?
Many people I guess. They pop up no matter who you are with.
To be fair they probably think it is necessary instead of good.
I will consider this point, because it is well made and I cannot think of an argument for it.
Thank you for such a compliment.
“The oldest and greatest emotion is fear, and the oldest and greatest fear, is fear of the unknown” -I forgot who said this
HP Lovecraft. Who happens to have been so racist, his KKK friends told him to chill a little bit.
His cat tho
My god when I found out his cat was named that I wasn’t sure if it was true
I mean I don’t think that specific quote had anything to do with race. Humans are just afraid of what we don’t understand. It’s our Neanderthal brains. But ya HP was weird. Did a lot of freaky cult stuff right out of his books. And yeah…his cats name.
I’ll bite. What was the cat named?
Uh…a word that you really should say. Racial slur.
