2006-09-22 21:51:11 · 12 answers · asked by backinblack 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yeah, i try not to be and think i am not but then sometimes i catch myself out. In a counselling course i did we did this exercise where the lecturer was talking about a certain person. Majority of us assumed the person was asian and a male, but in the end it was a female australian! It was a real eye opener!
2006-09-22 21:56:40 · answer #1 · answered by Nic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have noticed that I become somewhat racist after being exposed to different races. Growing up in Montana, I had no problem with black people. After joining the service and seeing the world, I had a change of heart. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike blacks but I found that they would just as soon see me dead. It's not like I went to Africa and hired some blacks to kidnap some other blacks and enslave them, but you'd think I did the way they act. Racism is learned, either from your daddy calling them ni ggers or your own personal experience. It's not that other races are bad, it's just that white america has a set of invisible rules and the ethnics don't fit into that role very well. Like 50 Chinese living under one roof, 15 Mexicans in one Buick, Blacks having a conversation on an airplane, one at one end, the other at the other end. It just doesn't fit into our uppity lifestyle.
2006-09-22 22:02:57 · answer #2 · answered by m-t-nest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately yes. I've always considered myself socially "color-blind" but I recently met a friend from Louisiana that I'd previously only known through the internet and by phone and my jaw nearly dropped when we met face to face.
She was sooooo black. I've had many black friends but she blew my mind and there was no way I'd have guessed her race talking on the phone. The cool part was her jaw dropped too, because I'm almost albino white, super Swede.
The good part is we both still laugh about it. We'd just never thought to mention race or color, but racism is always present to some degree.
2006-09-22 22:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by Lance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Racism is just one variety of groupism.
Basically, everyone of us indulges in one type or the other of groupism - we want to be a part of a group - normal people are a bit more consistent about where they believe they belong, whereas the politicians know better to keep jumping groups.
Why do we want to be a part of a group - perhaps to reduce our everpresent sense of insecurity. In order to duly belong to a group, we believe it is necessary to indulge in groupism and that looks like the best way to define a group.
2006-09-22 22:11:09 · answer #4 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I AGREE WITH YOU100% BECAUSE IT'S HUMAN NATURE
TO ALWAYS HAVE A AFFINITY TO HIS SURROUNDINGS WHERE HE HAS BROUGHT UP AND THE LANGUAGE HE TALKS. NOT ONLY THIS ,A MAN'S MIND IS HAN TING FOR
HIS OWN ATMOSPHERE. I GIVE A LISTE YOU AGREE WITH ME THEN; THERE IS A COMPETITION BETWEEN;;;;;;;;
FAMILLIES--I AM EGAR TO MY FAMILLY TO WIN;
CITIES---MY CITY
STATES---MY STATE
COUNTRIES---MY COUNTRY
CONTINENTS----MY CONTINENT
WORLDS--- MY WORLD(if there are many worlds)
SOLAR SYSTEMS---MY SOLAR SYSTEM
ITS GOES ONAND ON WITHOUT END MY FRIEND
2006-09-22 22:25:02 · answer #5 · answered by moulefrite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree, a lot of it we cannot control, it's just the way humans are by nature.
2006-09-22 21:56:02 · answer #6 · answered by PuppetyDog 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we see the difference with our eyes but, hopefully the difference is felt with our hearts for a short moment.
2006-09-22 21:57:57 · answer #7 · answered by mjohn28497@sbcglobal.net 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't think that's the case. i don't look down on other races but i do look down on people who don't help themselves.
2006-09-22 22:01:05 · answer #8 · answered by pianist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not so much racism as stereotyping.
2006-09-22 21:59:56 · answer #9 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.. we all are to a certain extent.. it is a natural instinct...
2006-09-22 21:54:45 · answer #10 · answered by ♡ Choc ♡ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋