I think St. Paul had it right when he referred to “sins of the flesh”. Because hatred is basically an emotional response, it is of the flesh, is it not?
Well, Mr. Trump said that there were good people on both sides, which makes sense. Is the implication that there were bad people also… on either side?
It’s funny how they changed the definition of “white” to fit whatever narrative they deemed successful, and “black” to fit unsuccessful. It’s constantly changing goalposts to keep being racist.
Yes it can. And yes they can be, too.
Yes, there are no societies immune to the issue.
What would you say about the people themselves that is bad? Or, are you saying that their existence in itself is bad?
Can we agree that supremacists beliefs are misguided? In your observation, how do these beliefs come about?
Would you characterize the “cleaning” as changing a perception?
Not their existence, but something evil was taught these people. No one is born racist. It’s a learned behavior.
Society, perhaps someone they trust told them some racial nonsense instead of looking for real answers. Many poorly educated folks seem to think it’s someone else’s fault they are out of work, when it’s the poor education itself that causes unemployment. Couple that with a view that is racially based, and what mainstream employer is comfortable hiring someone that vocally espouses such hate?
Depending on when we’re talking about, I’d have to disagree with you there. Sure, when whites couldn’t travel outside of Europe, they couldn’t see that others had elaborate technology, but there have been other advanced societies throughout history.
I agree no one is born a racist. But no one is born with any opinions. It isn’t something merely taught. While some people are raised with racist views other people come to racist opinions all on their own. Just as a matter of simple logic their can’t be an actual infinity of racist parents raising children with racist views.
No. It’s inherent. Civilised behaviour (which is only behaviour designed to make us civil, i.e. grow civilisations) teaches us to ignore it.
If you’ll forgive me for piggy-backing on your observation, I have likewise discovered that in conversations about gay persons, some of the alt-right will claim that ALL gay people are sexually active, and then when confronted with ones who are not, will say that those ones are not really gay.
Young children aren’t racist until they learn it from their families and then civilization has an uphill climb. So while one could say it is inherited, like poverty, it is not inherent.
Yes, but life has a way of teaching people too. What might these people have experienced that grew their resentment? After all, sustained racism begins with resentment, right?
Well, when one is brought up with racist thinking, a person may not know what the “real answers” are. The racism itself is seen as the reality. The racism is one error, the perception that there are different values of people based on color or other factors. The second factor is the resentment. Do you see the resentment?
I think you are picking up on the human desire to be in control, to dominate, which I think is an accurate observation. We are born with the capacity, and compulsion, to ingroup/outgroup thinking, which has been studied in pre-lingual babies.
How Augustinian.
Why do people “allow themselves” to hate? Is there a deeper want?
Very good points, Wesrock. We shouldn’t have to mince words.