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> That pretty much is the definition of being a racist. We can argue dictionary definitions, and of course I would concede, but in the real world, calling some
by daenz 11y ago
> That pretty much is the definition of being a racist.
We can argue dictionary definitions, and of course I would concede, but in the real world, calling someone a racist has additional connotations. I don't think a subconscious, genetic attraction to your own race, as shown by all the evidence of all races preferring their own race, deserves the label of "racist", with all the guilt and shaming and "wrongness" that comes with that word.
- delinka 11y ago"...genetic attraction..." Whoa, you stepped right into 'nurture vs. nature' territory.
- daenz 11y agoThe fact that it exists across all races is the hint that it is genetic. Unless you're suggesting that all races have independently developed identical social pressures to mate with their own race, and override the any inherent genetic tendencies to mate with all races. Then I'd ask how that pressure came to be identical for all races.
- delinka 11y agoI believe it'd be "...identical pressure for all cultural groups" where cultural groups tend to contain (or become?) predominantly one race. I'd argue it's learned behavior because centuries ago, trusting outsiders was risky and what better way to identify "outsiders" than "they don't look like us."?