Racism is Learned by Children of Unlearned Parents

Source: MoveOn.org

6 thoughts on “Racism is Learned by Children of Unlearned Parents

  1. Ah! nice picture.
    I must admit in the past Racism has been a big problem in England and although it is much much better now, I sense there is a small problem still.
    I’m not at all sure about it being an ‘inbred’ thing though, I think it’s very much taught.

  2. Actually, much to the distress of Libtards, there are studies that show that infants / toddlers self-segregate on race. It’s not a learned behavior; it’s apparently an unlearned one. Biologically it seems that like calls to like and the “other” is to be avoided.

    That holdover from our earlier days may well be the root of many of our problems.

    • jonolan,

      I understand the immediate Ad Hominem, “Libtards” . . . nice; however, I feel compelled to call you out on committing the logical fallacy of Suppressed Evidence.

      By your omission of evidence we have no way of knowing if we are being told the truth. It’s not that those on the right are necessarily loose with facts, or distrust science, etc. It’s just that, ah f— it they are, so let’s see the reference to the, “studies that show that infants / toddlers self-segregate on race,” of which you refer.

      Please note, I am not making the claim that “infants / toddlers [do not] self-segregate on race.” I am simply requesting support for your claim that they do.

      In Reason,
      Madison

      • Thanks for the link jonolan, but do realize that the title and caption of the picture are addressing the issues of racism, hatred and intolerance, not self-segregation based on race . . . squirrel.

      • What is “racism” other than a collection of behaviors that result from being forced to interact with the “other” when we’re apparently genetically geared to avoid doing so as an evolutionary survival trait?

        There’s a fairly decent chance that the roots of racism, hatred, and intolerance are in the psyche responding to long-term, enforced exposure to contra-instinctual situations. If were geared to avoid the “other” and we can’t do so, the “flight” side of fight or flight isn’t available and the “fight” side might be sublimated into racism, hatred, and intolerance.

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