Do you agree that inside of ALL of us we are all racist/prejudice? Isn't is human nature?

Question

to recognise being different or better than other races, cultures, body shapes, colour etc?

Or is it something that is unnatural?

What are your views?

Answer 1

haha. I think it's rather natural. A lot of the communities we live in are similar to our make-up. What I'm saying is that there are generally areas like -the black area of town, where the hispanics are at, caucasians here. Asians are in this area. When you live around a lot of people like you (even socioeconomically) then you don't really get to know  the other side. You have to go off of what you've heard and what you've learned from the few encounters you've had with them. You are likely to live in the same neighborhood as the people you go to school with, go to church with, and thus hang out with.

Don't worry though. It's in our nature to keep our ideas subconsciously about certain people and objects. It's what allows us to remember when we go near flames we're likely to get burned.

Answer 2

Separation by color is natural - even in nature.

Now performing hate crimes based upon color is wrong...........

Answer 3

How can I take pride in my racial heritage without being racist? How can I take interest in your racial heritage without being racist? I respect the racism within myself and therefore don't need to put it in terms of superiority or inferiority. We're just different and I find that interesting.

In the dictionary, "Prejudice" means to pre-judge. It says nothing about the context of the judgment. Prejudice can be a serious time saver. When I walk in to a store and see someone behind the counter, I prejudge them to be a clerk. They prejudge me to be a customer. Usually our prejudices are correct and we save a great deal of time for not having to establish the relation. When our prejudices are mistaken, we don't need to get ugly about it. If the person behind the counter is the manager, s/he doesn't need to get nasty about my failure to acknowledge their stature. If I am only looking for directions and don't want to buy anything, I don't need to demand apology for their assumption that I am going to leave some cash on their counter.

I don't want to speak for my sister, but I know there is racism and prejudice in my own nature. Instead of hating myself for it, I want to learn how to channel it in healthy manners.

Answer 4

yeah i guess that we all kinda are. i've noticed that people usually feel more commfortable with peopel of their own race. many times people don't mean to be racist/prejudice but its like you said, just human nature. i try not to be racist/prejudice, but i guess i do have different feeling about different races because i don't spend much time with people of that race. its kinda like stereotyping at first when you don't know a person and you just kinda take them for what their race is known for. ok so i'm indian so people kinda expect me to be smart and be in mathletes and stuff like that, but later on people got to know me and realized that i wasn't who they thought i was.... so yeah, i guess it is human nature.

Answer 5

There's a difference between recognizing separate races and disliking separate races. Racism stems from many reasons, whether it's being raised to view the world that way, or establishing your own beliefs based on your experiences involving people of a different race.

When you say "human nature" it implies that for many, many centuries humans have behaved in this way; that it has been ingrained into human thoughts since the beggining. Therefore, it is not human nature to discriminate against or form ideas about people based on their skin pigmentation. Racism is a relatively new concept, and even though it isn't human nature to be racist, it is human nature to hate unnecessarily.

Answer 6

to recognize it is natural. to hate and discriminate against others because of it is racist, and to judge others by it is prejudice.

i suggest you get yourself a dictionary..

Answer 7

yes. all of us are racist and prejudiced. but i dont want to be like that, so i try to avoid bias. however, there is this part of me which i cannot change no matter how hard i try.

i think that it is something natural, where we try to find people more related to us compared to some others. but i think a large part of it is caused by our environment. because of the way we are raised and the media, it has been like hardwired into us since childhood.

Answer 8

I think racism (and sexism, etc) is a reaction in the mind to bolster the ego in the face of possible challenges by others.  So we tell ourselves "Black people are stupid" or "Jews are misers" to comfort ourselves in the face of evidence that these people might be better than us at certain things.  There's no equivalent of Stormfront or the KKK against dogs, because no one seriously worries that dogs might be better than white people.

Ironically, the feeling of racism is an implicit acknowledgement of the invalidity of racism.

Answer 9

It's natural to feign hate, of what you fear. I'ts unnaturual to rationalise that hate.

Answer 10

good question. i'm kind of torn between the two.

i volunteer at a preschool, it's mainly a class with chinese children, but there is one african american child in the class. they tend to play with her and talk to her like she's a normal kid in the class, they don't treat her any differently. i believe this is so because the kids are young, they are not yet exposed to what the world has to say about being different. that's why i think humans are naturally accepting of difference, it's just that we are taught either by our parents or we pick up certain things from the media or other people around us that make us believe people who are different from us can be dangerous, inferior, etc.

that's why we need to make more interracial babies! lol j/k. maybe that would help...

Answer 11

Being racist is a learned behavior.  

Answer 12

I think it is human nature to be prejudiced against anyone who differs from you in some way. Modern psychology and historical trends have shown that we tend to respond better to people who are like ourselves.

This applies to gender, skin color, culture, society, even age. I remember when I was in middle school and there was sort of an unwritten agreement that the "little kids" generally didn't hang out with the "bigger kids." I've always gotten on well with kids younger than me (actually, better than with kids my age and older) but I didn't see that trait among most of my peers.

That being said, I think prejudice can be countered by reminding ourselves and our children that "different" does not mean "better," and by regularly taking steps outside our comfort zone to associate with anyone who is different from us in some way.

On the subject of race, I've heard of research showing that we are all of ONE human race; presumably, we are all 99.9% genetically similar, with very minor variations such as skin color. According to this research, even the whole concept of 'race' is biologically meaningless.

Answer 13

I think we all have our likes & dislikes that doe's not make us racist or

prejudice.Its only our opinion.

Answer 14

Read Richard Dawkins, the selfish gene.

As we all know Charles Darwin came up with evolution and adaptation. But it doesn't end there. Within this context there is great scope for thought.

Darwin = the survival of the fittest. This does not mean that the individual that can run the fastest 100 metres will do the best. It means the one with the most appropriate body given the prevailing conditions will survive best and go on to procreate ie pass on their genes.

However, it does not end with the physical, the psychological is part of it as well, and selfishness is part of that.

Nice guys come last, don't they say. There is every reason to argue that nastiness, meanness and selfishness gives the individual procreational advantage.

Answer 15

Yes i believe we all are, people just don't like to admit it  

Answer 16

It is not human nature... Hate is a LEARNED behavior. Whether it's learned from parents, siblings, friends, enemies, and especially the tasteless, disrespectful media... We're conditioned from an early age to believe that black people are criminals, mexicans are illegal, chinese people are good at math, overly skinny people are anorexic, overweight people eat all the time... People who are not exposed to these stereotypes would not feel predjudiced and they would be able to feel compassion towards everyone.

Unfortunately, forces like our government (and governments of other countries as well) don't want us to treat everyone as equals because it would be a lot more difficult to control us with fear and conditioning. Look at China for example- it's illegal to even SAY the Dalai Lama is a good person because his compassionate nature threatens them.  

Answer 17

nice question but acctual fact is we realy don't want to admit it ....like now me ...for an example

Answer 18

No, racism is in not human nature, it is culturally conditioned.

it's like: in some sections of society misogyny (fear or hatred of women) is the norm, but that doesnt make it natural.

Answer 19

Yes.  Everyone has some prejudice inside them.  Do you ever see a socialite married to a bushman.  How many Eskimo women do you know that are married to American men?  

People who insist they are colorblind are talking about their eyesight!