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In reply to the discussion: "The new threat: 'Racism without racists'" [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Yes, all conversations about structural racism aside, I'm afraid there was something clearly off about this study......hell, the study itself was obviously quite flawed, thinking about it.
And one slightly disturbing about this piece is that they decided to bring up yet another obviously problematic study, in which, supposedly, babies, as young as three months old, were said to have allegedly preferred their own race above others.....and this is just before the time they can really recognize their mother, let alone gain the ability of object permanence, and certainly quite a while before they even realize that humans are different....
And then Howard J. Ross, unbelievably, even goes so far as to claim that racial biases have an EVOLUTIONARY aspect:
He says people are hardwired to be biased because it helped keep our ancestors alive. They survived, in part, by having to make quick assumptions about strangers who might prove threatening.
Are you kidding me? Is this what passes for discussion about race in this country? Jesus Christ on a pogo stick.....
But then again, I guess I can't expect much better from the network that gave us Lou Dobbs for several years.....my, CNN, how far you've fallen.