racism has no biological components whatsoever. it’s an ideological construction that’s learned and socialized. it can only seem to be ‘inherited’ because our social structures perpetuate racism and our economic system preserves generational wealth. but what those people inherit is property and parents/society that teach them racism, not a racism gene.
sorry to pile on but it’s very important to understand what racism is if you’re going to be opposed to it, and you shouldn’t have the impression it’s an emergence from natural behavioral dispositions. that’s a claim of “race science”–even if you’re just applying it to whites, that’s a real argument the segregationists use/d to justify apartheid
You’re right. By my own valueset that I am trying to develop, my previous comments were glaringly lacking in constructivist foundation and even had a disturbing essentialist underpinning. I deserved to be dragged for this. This is not what I want to curate in myself.
To vanquish reactionary thought it is inportant to make sure we do not replicate the thought patterns that transmit it, and I failed at this today. I apologize to everyone that saw my mistaken posting, and I should probably take a break from commenting for a while.
this is intensely admirable, we should all be so humble and ready to work on our beliefs. i’m going to remember to follow your example next time i’m in a similar spot
racism has no biological components whatsoever. it’s an ideological construction that’s learned and socialized. it can only seem to be ‘inherited’ because our social structures perpetuate racism and our economic system preserves generational wealth. but what those people inherit is property and parents/society that teach them racism, not a racism gene.
sorry to pile on but it’s very important to understand what racism is if you’re going to be opposed to it, and you shouldn’t have the impression it’s an emergence from natural behavioral dispositions. that’s a claim of “race science”–even if you’re just applying it to whites, that’s a real argument the segregationists use/d to justify apartheid
You’re right. By my own valueset that I am trying to develop, my previous comments were glaringly lacking in constructivist foundation and even had a disturbing essentialist underpinning. I deserved to be dragged for this. This is not what I want to curate in myself.
To vanquish reactionary thought it is inportant to make sure we do not replicate the thought patterns that transmit it, and I failed at this today. I apologize to everyone that saw my mistaken posting, and I should probably take a break from commenting for a while.