2006-11-01 11:30:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I believe we are all inherently racist due to our evolutionary history. Hominids are very tribal in nature; they make tools and attack other groups of hominids. I do my best to treat everyone equally and as I would like to be treated because I don`t want to behave like our nearest relatives, the chimps.
I believe if we are to progress as a species we must work hard to bury some of our baser instincts.
2006-11-01 11:37:41 · answer #1 · answered by Gallifrey's Gone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I think that most people are racist to a certain extent. By racist I mean that they make certain assumptions about people of a particular origin or culture. And that is just due to ignorance. No one knows everything about every culture, so racism is bound to happen. Now what you do with that racism is a whole other story. Acting upon these notions is being prejudiced. I think that a lot of people are prejudiced as well. I hate that we still have to deal with these issues in this day and age, but it's there. And yes, I believe that a lot of people keep their mouths shut due to the stigma associated with this issue. And it's probably better that way because there would be even more lawsuits out there than there are already.....
2006-11-01 19:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by It's Been Cool 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think to a certain extent xenophobia is an inbred condition within humans. It is known that human populations have been down to the brink of extinction a few times in the distant past (most recently in the last ice age 10,000 years ago). Humans have survived through cooperation of tight nit groups dependent on each group member. These groups would have a tendency to view "outsiders" as a threat to whatever resources the group possessed.
We also know that modern humans have a tendency to form groups, for example "high school clicks", and to show preference for people like themselves.
This is not to say that culture does not play a big part in racism. Culture both reinforces and negates xenophobia. However overall various cultures also tend to form preferences.
2006-11-01 19:43:43 · answer #3 · answered by Perry L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone is racist.
But not truly racist...more like Differentist? The cultures and traditions of groups different from our own makes us question both types of groups. The reaction of this questioning is where the issue truly lies. If you can accept the other group and learn from it, then society betters itself. If you cannot, then problems occurs.
Let me clarify that by we are different and not cookie cutter people, which is a good thing. By having differences, new ideas are created.
Much of the "racism" is simply frustration at someone doing something different or better. Someone better at math, or better at running, or better with money or better at socializing...all of these create resentment.
I believe it is this resentment at a person, a group, a skin color, a religion, a nation, that is the root of the problem.
2006-11-01 19:59:41 · answer #4 · answered by Young Old Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - it seems that we often consider not liking someone as a racial issue just because of being black or white. The real truth is we like or don't like the individual person and race has little to do with it. But if you are white and don't like the black person, you are labeled racist. If you are black and don't like the white person, you just don't like that person. We have gotten so involved in being potically correct that we have forgotten that each individual is a person and each person has a right to like or dislike someone else without being labeled a racist. I like or dislike a person not a white person and not a b;ack person - just a person. But if I say I don't like someone and they happen to be black, then they say I am a racist. Doesn't figure or make sense does it. That said, there are a lot of stupid rednecks that don't like black people just because they are black and that is wrong. But everyone knows rednecks are the lowest of the low on the great pecking order in the sky and so their radical racist opinions just don't matter in the scheme of things. .
2006-11-01 19:47:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is probably some truth in that statement. But if the stigma associated with racism prevents some people from acting racist, that is a good thing. If people act properly, they may begin to think properly. Please research the 8-fold path of Buddhism for more information.
2006-11-01 19:32:36 · answer #6 · answered by WendyD1999 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Honestly everybody's sorta racist by that definition. There's always a part of you that will root for a specific 'group' of people (ie American vs Russian) But, the 2 worst are the ones that are & don't know it. (Like assuming all Mexicans eat tacos/dirty & think that's 'normal') Or even worse they are & they won't ever admit it to anybody. But the worse is the fake call of racism b/c then it makes real racism seem... cheap & not true.
2006-11-01 19:35:59 · answer #7 · answered by jmintecu 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know what the % is, but I was raised in a town that was very racial, but I am not, I have two kids and I have always taught
them that it doesn't matter what the race is, there is good and bad in all races and, don't judge people by their color, but how they act and to use their own judgment about people don't
rely on others ideas.
2006-11-01 19:38:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure that EVERYBODY is at least a little bit racist, but not to the extent that they believe THEY are racist.
2006-11-01 19:33:32 · answer #9 · answered by btallman10 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋