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It is a social construct to try and keep everyone at peace. The alternative would be a society with fault lines along racial and religious beliefs. And this wo
by mnglkhn2 10y ago
It is a social construct to try and keep everyone at peace.
The alternative would be a society with fault lines along racial and religious beliefs. And this would most likely lead to conflict.
So, if you don't want conflict, then you need to integrate in some ways.
You don't want to have identities develop and take hold. At that point it gets complicated.
For instance, in Brazil, once you know you are a person confined to live in favelas forever, then you participation in the broader society will be very limited. And with that the regard for the rules of the larger society.
- redsummer 10y agoIn Brazil, American ideas of affirmative action have been imported. This leads to unsavoury situations where nose width and skull shape are being measured to determine who gets a job. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/05/brazils-new-problem-with-blackness-affirmative-action/ http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/05/brazils-new-problem-with...
- mnglkhn2 10y agoThis actually proves that once the social cohesion has disappeared and that the fault lines have actually enlarged then these methods are just the tip of the conflict.