Verdandi wrote:
C0MPAQ wrote:
I think this topic can only be discussed once we can have objective, unbiased views on racism.
What almost all people never realize is that most of our sociopolitical achievements (such as making racism, fascism, sexism, etc unacceptable) are just a swap of extremes, that is instead of bashing the one group you just equally bash the other. The mostly undetermined, easy to influence people, group with the minority and become the majority, hence the previously dominant group becomes the minority. As a side effect, the common view of the vast majority becomes that every single belief/idea/action/effect of that group is unjustifiable and unfounded. A faux simplified image of the group is created in which nothing that makes sense can support their ideas and beliefs, in order to support the own viewpoint. E.g. just like black people were stereotyped as inferior and less intelligent in the past, now racist are commonly stereotyped as some kind of dumb redneck or hatred-guided psychopath or misguided teenager who was just in the wrong social group, or whatever loosely fits into real circumstances. This will be the case, as long as the now-minority is still present and perceived as (a significant) possible threat or as long as something needs to be easily justified based on those objectively incorrect views.
Given that effect, there cannot be an objective discussion over such subject with people who have not clearly emancipated from the commonly held views, beliefs and stereotypes of society.
Otherwise I could tell you how it fits together.
This is nonsense.
Complete and utter nonsense! What actually happens is judging others based on race becomes less and less acceptable as we become more civilised as a society. Nb. This is not a transference of views - it is realising that unfounded prejudice is plain wrong.
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