Psychology question about blacks being inferior to whites?
A classmate makes the following claim: "Despite numerous federally funded Head Start programs and nationwide efforts to desegregate public schools, Blacks continue to lag behind their White counterparts in intelligence and academic achievement. Clearly, black Americans must be genetically inferior to white Americans." How can one disagree with that, with logical arguments as well as evidence.
Should we ignore that our self-preservation in our land is labeled as racism, fascism, homophobia and anti-Semitism?
So. You are currently living in fear so dramatic that you call it “self-preservation”. I like this Wikipedia definition: “Self-preservation is a behavior that ensures the survival of an organism.” So we’re talking survival here. That’s some serious id fear.Your fear is of: non-white people, lack of an authoritarian all-controlling government telling you what to do, gay persons (which I assume includes all non-straight people), and Jews.You are afraid of all those things and persons. They are life-threatening to you. It is important enough to you that you would actually post this question, so one has to assume you think about this often.Are you aware that you have described something like a total of 2/3 of the people in this country? So, you consider 2/3 of all people to be actually life-threatening. Self-preservation.Might you consider that holding that point of view might indicate sorts of psychiatric disorders that, if you actually walked into your local police station and stated firmly that you felt this way would get you locked up - for being a danger to yourself and others? I mean, this is quite serious. I think of self-preservation, I think of 2nd amendment proponents talking about how they should have guns at home because somebody is going to break in. Accurate or not, you are telling us that you see that in the course of regular life. If you leave the house, you are in danger of being killed by 2/3 of the people you see.Because all these groups threaten your self-preservation.Is this really accurate, you think? I don’t really even think about it, but I theoretically feel threatened by 1 in a thousand people. I will be going out and about a couple times today, and I have zero fear of ending up dead. My avocation involves felons, drug addicts, persons with severe mental health issues. I sit and talk with people in high-security prison cells.I’m not afraid. Can’t remember the last time I was afraid of someone else. And certainly not like that - decades, probably. Yet, just leaving the house every day, 2/3 of people - all people - are life-threatening to you. It’s a fact to you, you’re just complaining that people are calling that fact by other names.I’m more scared of you than I am of anybody I encounter in my life. One has to draw that conclusion. You should consider that maybe, because of your fears, that you are the dangerous one. You should address that before you hurt yourself or somebody else.
How would the kkk have an impact on a confederate soldiers life?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of a number of past and present fraternal organizations in the United States that have advocated white supremacy, anti-Semitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia, and nativism. These organizations have often used terrorism, violence and acts of intimidation such as cross burnings to oppress African Americans and others. for further details read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
Is racism instinctual?
Many neighborhoods across the country are segregated--not because of the government, but just becuase people settle that way. People seem to like to live among people that are like themselves. By looking at segregated housing patterns, it would seem that a lot of people are racist--they prefer their own race over others. Is it natural to want to live among people of the same race? Are people--black, white, or whatever--acting instinctually when their behavior seems racist?
Would racism be eliminated if everyone were multi-racial? Is this ultimately how racism will be eliminated in the future?
We are all already multi-racial. We choose to ignore that. Unfortunately, people find ways to divide each other into groups in negative manners in very creative ways that I would not even ever imagine. The only answer is education, and in my opinion, one of the best ways to do this is educate people against the evils of nationalism. Any time one group feels superior to another for no good reason (of which there really aren't any), they can turn that into something negative. I'm not even touching on the country you live in or what religion you subscribe to; those are too huge. I'm talking about the little stuff, like what school you attend. "My kid is an honor roll student at [wherever]." Really? Is that the right attitude?Even sporting teams in general create this type of divisive "we're better than you" mentality. The roots are pervasive and deep. Cutting them out requires serious effort that you don't see in every culture or family. It's a constant effort at our house and that has even meant cutting certain people from the blood "family" out of our lives because they were poisoning the multi-cultural upbringing of our children.It's been proven that even a shade of skin color or a shape of your nose is enough to create / exhibit racism. Multi-racial awareness is not the answer; education of the evil of nationalism is a start.
(Latinas Only) Would you Date a Black Guy?
I don't care about skin color but I would date a black guy. in fact I would date ANY kind of guy as long as they treat me nicely.