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Racism and the Brain
I read this article a few days ago. The study suggests that racism is hardwired, but also that our rational side can overcome racism. Here is an excerpt:
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/156/story_15664_1.html
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Psuedo science can show proof of anything.
Including space aliens. I contend racism is a learned behaviour, not one you are born to. Otherwise explain Blacks racism to Asians, and Jews, Arabs towards everyone else, Some blacks towards whites..... Racism has no bearing on what race you were born into........but it has everything to do with learned responses from family and friends. I was raised to see people for who they are not what color their skin is.
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It would be interesting to know what other things stimulate a similar response. Would predatory animals cause the same thing? Would people of the same race dressed certain ways cause the same response? Do women respond differently than men? Would Democrats respond the same way to a picture of Bush? Do teenagers respond the same way as adults? Do people raised in societies with different socialization processes for morality respond differently?
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IMO, all humans have a tribal instinct and instinctual fear of strangers which we acquired early in our evolution, that is counteracted by cognitive functions acquired later in our evolution. Genes in either area can dominate depending on the individual, and can be repressed or reinforced through education or socialization. Certain groups may have more predominant instinctual genes, like White Northern Europeans or Equatorial Africans. Racism is not a learned behavior, it is an instinct that can be reinforced through socialization as a racist.
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Twin studies needed here. Phenotype = genotype x environment...
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You got it.
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