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Originally posted by Praetorius
reply to post by LastProphet527
The whole thing DOES seem more than a little ridiculous, since whether looking at it from a creationist or an evolutionary viewpoint, we're all one race. We started out as the same people, then adapted into our differences.
Racism is nothing more than anti-human. And if you can find me one racist who doesn't have any interracial ancestry - I'll eat my hat.
Originally posted by IEtherianSoul9
reply to post by LastProphet527
The human condition is something else, isn't it?
All of this demarcating and race crap is getting on my nerves. Our tendency to differentiate to such extremes is NOT necessary! There are no "race genes" and the whole concept of race has no biological basis. Something needs to happen (and I mean something of a great magnitude) to make us put our differences aside and get along on the only home we have!
TextThe human condition is something else, isn't it?
and I mean something of a great magnitude) to make us put our differences aside and get along on the only home we have
Originally posted by seeker1963
Applause!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent OP! Very well done! I wish I new the answers to your very enlightening post!
Humans evolved from a tribal perspective. We were all fighting over the same resources. so tribe a is purple in color and looks different from tribe b over the hill who is orange in color. Simply because they represent a different group trying to access and control the same resources the two will evolve a adversarial disposition to each other.
And make sure there are enough resources to go around.
Originally posted by kat2684
Hey OP, its been my experience that hatred has been passed generation to generation, usually stemed from an incident that someone experienced in the past. My family had selective racism, which was passed down to me as a child, they had no issues with any other race except one. This anger that was passed to me although I never took to it, because of anger, anger of having cars stolen, a sexaual assault of an elderly family member, a cousin who was mentally ill being beat an inch of his life. While you can't pin evil things on all people of a race which is completely unfair, its also difficult not to. Why do people stereotype? Look at everything you see on tv, Italians portrayed as Jersey Shore, or mobsters, Hispanics portrayed as gang members. So people eat that up, and if its your race/ethnicity you feel you have to become that stereotype.......In short, people of all colors, be individuals, don't let society pin you as something your not. This racism crap will work itself out over time, and its starting too, as a human of this planet we all need to move forward, and drop the stigmas.
While you can't pin evil things on all people of a race which is completely unfair, its also difficult not to.