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I believe we all have prejudices for or against areas of life which people mistake as racism when it applies to their race. I have a prejudice against criminals, stupid people, extreme liberalism views, welfare or tax cheats or people who want to restrict my pursuit of happiness.
Where do you draw the line between prejudice & racism ?
I think you are asking for an argument over semantics. Prejudice is just as bad as racism. The only difference is prejudice involves irrational beliefs, preconceptions, and biases, toward people or things based on emotions, racism is the same thing limited to racial groups.
You will probably get people chiming in saying they are prejudiced against a certain race (which they will say is normal) but since they don't act on those beliefs (which is impossible) they are not a racist.
You cant have a prejudice against,criminals, stupid people, extreme liberalism views, welfare or tax cheats or people who want to restrict your pursuit of happiness, because there is no societal expectation that you like or even tolerate bad or dangerous people unless you are a clergyman .
Practically every religion or culture has a belief encouraging us to not to judge one another irrationally; Do unto others.......Don't Judge a man until you have walk a mile in his........Love thy neighbor...... you are your brothers keeper, etc.
The line I draw is to accept or not to accept that I am imperfect.
I believe we all have prejudices for or against areas of life which people mistake as racism when it applies to their race. I have a prejudice against criminals, stupid people, extreme liberalism views, welfare or tax cheats or people who want to restrict my pursuit of happiness.
Where do you draw the line between prejudice & racism ?
I have a prejudice against arbitrary imprisonment of non violent offenders, people who think the stupid are there only to be ripped off, extreme conservativism views, people who think the unlucky ought to get no help at all, and those who think taxation is theft, or people who want to restrict the pursuit of happiness by those who find their happiness in different ways than themselves.
I believe we all have prejudices for or against areas of life which people mistake as racism when it applies to their race. I have a prejudice against criminals, stupid people, extreme liberalism views, welfare or tax cheats or people who want to restrict my pursuit of happiness.
Where do you draw the line between prejudice & racism ?
You don't-Racism is the american mental illness,it prevades all forms of bigotry in
US ,is transmitted from person to person and inherited by children as sure as eye color.
And thats the good part.
Selective trust is essential to human society. You cannot get along in human society if you trust no-one, nor if you trust everyone. Human civilization depends on being able to judge whom to trust and how far to trust them, and we have evolved very intricate mechanisms that enable us to improve that capacity. It is wired into us.
We depend on our ability to trust or not trust a person at a glance, and we are where we are in civilization because what we do to evaluate trustworthiness more often succeeds than fails. In other words, it works.
There are many, many cues that we use to detect trust. They range from completely unconscious to very conspicuous. Racism is a conspicuous one. But it exists for a reason, and has survival value.
I believe we all have prejudices for or against areas of life which people mistake as racism when it applies to their race. I have a prejudice against criminals, stupid people, extreme liberalism views, welfare or tax cheats or people who want to restrict my pursuit of happiness.
Where do you draw the line between prejudice & racism ?
More like the fine line between Racism and Ethnocentricity, a very natural inclination to be with your own ***kind*** because you are more comfortable or relaxed among them. I assume that Racism would have to be a belief that ones own Race is Superior to others.
Prejudice is more a legal term which defines exclusion of those of a particular group.
I think you are asking for an argument over semantics. Prejudice is just as bad as racism.
I don't think so.
If I can use an analogy, prejudice is a misdemeanor while racism is a felony. From my viewpoint, being prejudice is an inactive affair, while being a racist requires some degree of acting upon that prejudice. You may not like the idea of Asians (looking for something outside of the black/white paradigm) moving into your neighborhood, that is prejudice. Circulating a petition to keep them from moving in is racism, if you get where I'm going.
If I can use an analogy, prejudice is a misdemeanor while racism is a felony. From my viewpoint, being prejudice is an inactive affair, while being a racist requires some degree of acting upon that prejudice. You may not like the idea of Asians (looking for something outside of the black/white paradigm) moving into your neighborhood, that is prejudice. Circulating a petition to keep them from moving in is racism, if you get where I'm going.
I do believe there is a difference.
I may be prejudiced against smokers or any other group I find offensive or have beliefs I find extreme. Do I prevent them from believing, no but I may be prejudiced not to want to associate with them or their cause. Certain discrimination is perfectly legal & accepted.
If I can use an analogy, prejudice is a misdemeanor while racism is a felony. From my viewpoint, being prejudice is an inactive affair, while being a racist requires some degree of acting upon that prejudice. You may not like the idea of Asians (looking for something outside of the black/white paradigm) moving into your neighborhood, that is prejudice. Circulating a petition to keep them from moving in is racism, if you get where I'm going.
No excluding them is exercising a prejudice.
Racism is the justification
we're in to semantics here
There is no law against Racism, there are laws against Prejudice.
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