y do u think people r racist?

Question

do u think its the environment they grow up in,from their own experience(maybe they got beat up by someone not of their race)do it to get friends(racist groups always look for the weak and be really nice to them) or just are because they have a brain defect


to me the environment isnt an excuse for anything,u can think for urself

Answer 1

Fear. Lack of information. Isolated life. Closed mind. Fear.

Answer 2

I think it's a combination of both. Regarding the environment some people are brainwashed at a young age and are too lazy to acquire their own knowledge and so they believe everything they are told. And for others it's through experiences, but most people that claim they are racist due to experiences have only had one or two bad experiences. These people seem to be looking for a reason to hate, because they take one bad and try to run with it when all people do bad things.

Answer 3

I think the underlying reason is fear which translates into a variety of emotions such as anger, anxiousness and intolerance. This is something that needs to be addressed from a young age - and I think environment does come into it. Sure, we can all think for yourselves and we're all individuals however the moral and ethical aspect of ourselves is learned from our parents, our extended family and then society (teachers, friends etc etc). If a parent is able to use basic empathy in order to get their young child to understand just why racism is so wrong, then they've won half the battle because the child understands because they relate it back to themselves. As children grow, vigilant parents should be able to detect any noticeable shift in their attitudes and be able to discuss these views with them accordingly. But it's imperative that kids are taught these values with relevant examples of how THEY would feel if they wore the brunt of a racist taunt so that the perceived gap between races is bridged.

Answer 4

The stereotype of the racist is of an inbred hillbilly. no longer all hillbillies or mountain individuals are racist or inbred. a number of them are the nicest human beings I honestly have ever met. also, in spite of the undeniable fact that those human beings might want to be extremely scary, they haven't any ability. they have continuously been pitted adverse to Blacks and Mexicans. it really is way a lot less puzzling on your organisation to blame each little thing on different races than providing you with the advance that you deserve. If undesirable Blacks and Whites labored jointly, they could scare the heck out of the ruling classification. Race does be counted. do not get me incorrect, yet race has continuously been used to create larger wedges between diverse sorts of people.

Answer 5

I wonder the same thing. But i think some adult start at the young age and teach their child to be prejudge against certain races. And at a young age the child reacts that way because they dont know better and because they are obeying their parent. So when that child go up to an adult they feel the same way towards that race. And when they have a child, they teach their child the same thing their parent taught them. And thats how its still going on, its passed on to generation and generation.But personally i believe that it need to stop.And i pray to God it stop!

Answer 6

Personally, I've always thought that racism is functional in that people use it to accomplish social cohesion by concentrating on negative aspects of people who are different.

If you go to parts of Eastern Europe even today, you'll find people whoa re wildly anti-Semitic, even though there are very few Jews left there. That's because the christian churches long used Jews as the great threat against which christian unity was necessary. Old habits and values die hard.

In other parts of Europe, Gypsies are the objects of social disdain.

In America (as Yahoo Answers illustrates), it's mainly black people and has been black people for hundreds of years. "Fear" of black people has been an effective means of turning different white ethnic groups into "whites," who shared a common identity - i.e not being black. It convinced poor whites that it was in their interests not to oppose exploitation by rich whites by making common cause with black people. That type of scapegoating still goes on today, though to a lesser degree among the more successful in society.

Look at how many utter losers on this site are fixated on "the blacks" to a ridiculous degree. They're trying to sustain the importance of their "whiteness" as a racial identity by denigrating black people.

Answer 7

We like to blame everything but the right thing - our own very nature! For those who are racist it is because of themselves allowing circumstances, incidents, life, anything to everything dictate a pattern of behavior towards another race. Lets really face the issue - we are to blame individually for every and all racists tendencies.

Answer 8

I think it's more like subliminal training from Parents - siblings-friends of the family and so on it is a hard thing to un-learn however it can be done by learning the most you can about other cultures and races to wipe out this ignorance

Answer 9

Depends on how you are defining what racist means to you. If you find people getting nervous, well people get nervous with all people, if you find people stereo typing, people sterotype all types of people! Be more specific, not all people are racist and the ones that are, are just retarded! Just because your black does not mean all people have to like you either. We all fit in somewhere we dont fit in somewhere too. Just always be specific or you can be making excuses!

Answer 10

It is called scapegoating.Assuming that your woes on someone else.It is perfect.It requires no proof.Or believing because a incident happened by a group.Again assuming that everybody in that group feel that way.Thus perpetuating the cycle.
Sometime a cigar is just a cigar.Life's rough.Don't let injustice rule your life.

Answer 11

I think that's what they've been taught, and they don't know any better. I mean we don't realize it, but what we've been taught is that killing is wrong, terrorism is wrong, all that kind of stuff and it has affected us. They've learned that a certain race is wrong. You can think for urself to a certain extent, but your entire sense of right and wrong is greatly shaped by your environment.