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Maybe a better question to ask is why those groups have not been afraid of others at any point? If true, what makes Italians, Germans, Swedes, Jews, Japanese, M
by soheil 10y ago
Maybe a better question to ask is why those groups have not been afraid of others at any point? If true, what makes Italians, Germans, Swedes, Jews, Japanese, Muslims, Chinese and the Irish not engage in bigotry and hatred of others. Come to think of it isn't that a sizable segment of the world population? And if so maybe the remaining segment(s) need to be identified better.
- mantas 10y agoAt least half of the groups you listed are well known as not exactly being tolerant to others, even today. Put in historical perspective and pretty much all of them were part of the world that "engage in bigotry and hatred of others".
- beat 10y agoFollow this through, and you find that racism is inherent in culture. The dominant culture uses race in order to oppress and scapegoat the minority culture, pretty much everywhere. This doesn't make it okay, of course. This means we need to be that much more conscious of it, and take active steps to mitigate the effects of racism. (This is the distinction between "I'm not a racist" and anti-racism, btw)