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You are obviously not being discriminating against where it matters. Here are a few examples that wouldn't be a big deal to you accordingly: 1) School says the

You are obviously not being discriminating against where it matters. Here are a few examples that wouldn't be a big deal to you accordingly: 1) School says they won't accept your daughter, but hey it's not a big deal according to you 2) Neighborhood won't let you buy a house you like because they don't like your wife's skin color, but hey it's not a big deal 3) You are getting paid less at work and skipped for promotion in favor of Elmud because he is one of them and you are not, but hey it's not a big deal Discrimination IS NOT ok. It IS NOT built into us. It is an acquired taste. Bad taste. First we accept the issue then we work on fixing it.

dwaltrip 10y ago
I'm pretty sure the scientific consensus is still out on how much of discrimination stems from innate tendencies. If you have any reputable sources that say otherwise, it would be interesting to see them. My hunch is that the dynamics are far too complex amorphous for us to definitively pin down the causes any time soon. Nonetheless, I don't think this is important for your main point. We have been working around our suboptimal innate tendencies for millennia.
- rokhayakebe 10y ago
  Hmmm no my friend. If it were innate than you would have to conclude that babies already know their skin color and that there are others who are of different color. What makes it even more wrong is that fact that many discriminate not based on color but based on culture. Again then this would assume that we are born knowing our cultural differences. If we are born with this knowledge I wonder what other knowledge we were blessed with prior to birth. It is acquired. My theory is that all discrimination stems from sexual fear, but I cannot prove this so I'll leave the argument for another day. I went to kindergarten in a super mixed school: whites, asians, blacks in a country where 99% of the population is black. My attitude towards whites (asians were considered white as well) was always different from my friends who never dealt with whites let alone have white friends. I went to Christian schools from kindergarten all the way to high school in a country where 95% of the population is Muslim. My point of view towards Christians was different to some extent. I dated Whites, Middle Easterns, Blacks, lived with Chinese, Middle Eastern and a White person at some point in my life. My attitude towards people of different color is different from some of my friends who never spent much time with similar folks. What creates discrimination is just the world view we create for ourselves based on our surrounding.
  - dwaltrip 10y ago
    I suppose the trickiest part is defining what we means by discrimination. My understanding is that in-group out-group dynamics are extremely prevalent in almost all cultures and societies in human history. I haven't done extensive research on this, but it seems like most "discrimination" is an extension of those dynamics. Of course, broad cultural trends can radically alter the dynamics, but I wonder if our tendency to construct them in the first place is somewhat innate.

dwaltrip 10y ago

I'm pretty sure the scientific consensus is still out on how much of discrimination stems from innate tendencies. If you have any reputable sources that say otherwise, it would be interesting to see them. My hunch is that the dynamics are far too complex amorphous for us to definitively pin down the causes any time soon. Nonetheless, I don't think this is important for your main point. We have been working around our suboptimal innate tendencies for millennia.

rokhayakebe 10y ago
Hmmm no my friend. If it were innate than you would have to conclude that babies already know their skin color and that there are others who are of different color. What makes it even more wrong is that fact that many discriminate not based on color but based on culture. Again then this would assume that we are born knowing our cultural differences. If we are born with this knowledge I wonder what other knowledge we were blessed with prior to birth. It is acquired. My theory is that all discrimination stems from sexual fear, but I cannot prove this so I'll leave the argument for another day. I went to kindergarten in a super mixed school: whites, asians, blacks in a country where 99% of the population is black. My attitude towards whites (asians were considered white as well) was always different from my friends who never dealt with whites let alone have white friends. I went to Christian schools from kindergarten all the way to high school in a country where 95% of the population is Muslim. My point of view towards Christians was different to some extent. I dated Whites, Middle Easterns, Blacks, lived with Chinese, Middle Eastern and a White person at some point in my life. My attitude towards people of different color is different from some of my friends who never spent much time with similar folks. What creates discrimination is just the world view we create for ourselves based on our surrounding.
- dwaltrip 10y ago
  I suppose the trickiest part is defining what we means by discrimination. My understanding is that in-group out-group dynamics are extremely prevalent in almost all cultures and societies in human history. I haven't done extensive research on this, but it seems like most "discrimination" is an extension of those dynamics. Of course, broad cultural trends can radically alter the dynamics, but I wonder if our tendency to construct them in the first place is somewhat innate.