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I guess the idea is that by feeding bad data they can do the equivalent of implanting bad thoughts in someone. Think of it this way, if your parents raised you
by blackflame7000 8y ago
I guess the idea is that by feeding bad data they can do the equivalent of implanting bad thoughts in someone.
Think of it this way, if your parents raised you racist you would probably think racist thoughts until you learned enough perspective
- ortheopposite 8y agoCurious example, for me personally it was the opposite
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- nzi 8y agoThis idea of egalitarianism (i.e. all races and both sexes are equal) being the enlightened choice goes against science itself. I'd argue the opposite of what you said: anti-racism is the consequence of the government and the mass media spamming our brain with that, because our natural trains of thought make us racist and tribal.
- alex_anglin 8y agoWhere exactly is the science that says all races and sexes are not equal? Sure there are different traits, but those don't speak to equality.
- nzi 8y agoIf there are different traits they can't be equal. Whether they should be equal in rights, for example, that's a different matter. But races and sexes are different, mentally and physically.
- Just_Smith 8y agoDifference and equality are not mutually exclusive concepts, because "equality" is based on what you're measuring. A chicken sandwich and a burger are "different" but "equal" in value. Two markets in the company I work for may be geographically and demographically "different", but they could be "equal" in their revenue. The only way two people who are "different" would not be equal would be if you're measuring specific traits alone, and not the holistic value of the person. Which, for me, raises the question of what traits you think are "better" than others. Do I even want to know?
- ben_w 8y agoWhich is smarter, someone with a degree in physics or someone with a degree in biology? Right now, the concepts we have of “intelligence” are not sufficiently rigorous to for a meaningful discussion on interracial differences — how much of “common sense” is culture, for example? How true is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis? Test scores for Asian woman can be noticeably modified if you tell the participants it’s “to test if Asians are better than westerners at maths” versus “to test if men are better than women at maths”, how much effect does that observation have on any historical results? That’s not to say “there are no genetic influences on intelligence” — there must be, otherwise bacteria would be as smart as humans — but rather that large scale groups of humans are so close that we don’t have sufficient evidence to support treating them as different.
- whitexn--g28h 8y agoUsing our "natural trains of thought" most people believed the earth was flat. Most beliefs about racial inequalities have similar merit.
- tcbawo 8y agoNoticing differences in people is natural and starts at an early age. I observed this in my own children. However, what we identify as racism and sexism is learned behavior. It emanates from stereotyping, prejudice, and bias.
- _underfl0w_ 8y agoI believe that's exactly what the parent was implying.
- zozbot123 8y agoStereotyping, prejudice and bias are natural behavior and are observed even in children. Whether the specifics of racism, at most, are learned or not is somewhat immaterial-- as for sexism, there's even less ambiguity about it being deeply rooted in human nature somehow in a way that's very hard to change - it certainly isn't our "societal structures" telling kids that females have cooties.