If we were all born blind, do you think there would be no more racism?

Answer 1

Not for skin color but for other preferences and prejudices such as weight,height and etc....

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Answer 2

No. Our human ego thought system - there from birth - is built to separate and perceive differences and to seek identity (read any book on childhood development - we're not born these innocent, egoless creatures but, instead, have the very mechanism for separating ourselves from others at the start). This separation mechanism becomes racism when it's infused with envrionmental conditioning (e.g. from family, society) that teaches inferiority and other negative stereotypes based on race. While the 5 senses are used to experience the world and the things in it, the interpretation of the input is in the brain which filters the experience through its conditioning. Take away sight, and we're just left with one less sensory input; it doesn't take away racism. If I have racist conditioning then once my brain perceives that a person is from the marginalized race, racism is there. And I can be 'told' this via my ears, my touch (e.g. different hair texture, facial contours), etc.

Answer 3

If we were all blind, we would find something else about a person that would make him inferior. There was a Twilight Zone episode where all the people were ugly and the attractive ones were made to feel inferior. If all people truly followed their religions and treated others as themselves, that would end racism. But, will that ever happen?

Answer 4

There wouldn't be much of anything in the way to technology, progress, or anything for that matter. The blind cannot successfully lead the blind who has never had sight at all.

Answer 5

hi

if god forbidden ppl were born blind..probably there would have been a racism not cuz of color but ppl would have been catogrized into rough skined soft skined and something in the middle cuz blind ppl depende on sensation and touch so there would be a way to divide ppl...... or they can divide them according to there names im sure there would have been a way for them to do it :S.

goood luck

Answer 6

There would not be anymore of a lot of things, good and bad, if we were born blind.

Answer 7

Good question. I would say "yes", racism would end. You can't dislike what you can't see. If everyone were blind, there would not be any concept of color.

Answer 8

No, I think people will always be able to find some reason to hate someone else. They'd probably hate on the size or body shape of a person.

Answer 9

Interesting question! I'm not sure if racism would be eliminated 100% but hopefully it would.

Answer 10

Small minded people would just find another difference to kill over. Look at all the wars that are African v. African. They are the same color but find a different reason to kill one another - like religion or Hutu v. Tutsi.

Answer 11

Definitely. However, that would cause so many problems that it wouldn't be worth it. I wouldn't trust a blind surgeon, construction worker, janitor, etc.