In a century where we have reached the moon, why do people still look down on each other?
2006-09-25 16:30:56 · 16 answers · asked by pinkoink 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
As long as there's different races, there will be racism.
2006-09-25 16:33:39 · answer #1 · answered by stupidgenius624 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think racism is a way of reducing competition. If you can get people to look down on a group of people you've knock off part of the population you don't have to compete with and you have a better chance of getting ahead with less work. Humans are pathetic. So, from that stand point--as long as their is competition there will be racism or something more politically correct at the time (and yes we'll always find something) like dissing fat people or short people or fill in the blank.
2006-09-25 23:42:08 · answer #2 · answered by makingthisup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Racism is really just a form of social bullying. It's a play for power.If you can find any reason to be better than someone else, then you feel better about yourself(that is the assumption, but it is wrong). We all need to find and have power. Some people find real power which is productive for both them and others. Most people have no idea that their racism is based in feeling unpowerful, and trying to get power.
The power that is derived from racism is short-lived and dishonest.
2006-09-25 23:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I find that some people just have to find a common enemy. In the United States, it used to be many whites showing racism towards blacks, and passages from the Bible were used to support this view, as well as slavery. There were, of course, many whites who were not racist as well, so what was the difference between the two groups? I feel that homosexuals in the United States have replaced blacks, as you have non-gays who hate them (again, using the Bible as their excuse to hate) and non-gays who support them. So again, ask yourself, what's the difference between the two groups, and I think you'll see that it's still wanting to have a common enemy. From the Romans killing Christians, to the Christians killing Muslims during the crusades, to German's supporting Hitler's holocaust, it's all the same.
2006-09-25 23:38:16 · answer #4 · answered by TrainerMan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people are ignorant still and there will always be racism due to the things that happen in the past and the things that continue to happen.
2006-09-25 23:40:44 · answer #5 · answered by BX_ICANDY S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't get over how people look down on someone for the smallest thing, like a hair in their nose or something. There is racisim in the U.S., and it comes from all directions too.
2006-09-25 23:33:36 · answer #6 · answered by nobluffzone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because people cant look at the fact that being white doesnt make u special. Im hispanic and i never looked at race when i was with my friends. Tell a rich white person to take a bus and see if they really would ride on a bus.
2006-09-25 23:35:22 · answer #7 · answered by car_freeze 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a racist even though I don't want to be when I see a latino lurching twords me I get shivers down my back and I prepare to be stabbed/mugged/ when ever I see an african trying to speak mangled english to me I just try to make my self look big and pray that soon it will just leave me alone and move on.
Maba mab muhh you carker.
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2006-09-25 23:35:08 · answer #8 · answered by Joshua V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they have nothing better to do, and always want to blame their hardships on other people rather than take responsibility for them.
2006-09-25 23:38:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wake up, racism is all around, not just in the usa! It starts at home, are you instilling your kids with the correct morals?
2006-09-25 23:32:35 · answer #10 · answered by helper 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋