1950`spoolfan
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There is always plenty of discussion and accusations about what is racism and who is racist but you rarely hear debate about why is there racism, and if so is there ever any understanding of or even any justification for discrimination of this sort? People seem ill at ease or even afraid of addressing this issue.Political correctness often seems to prevent honest debate on sensitive issues where a more open approach may actually help to find some resolution to very difficult subjects rather than hiding from them and leaving them to fester.
Is it because perhaps many are more comfortable with those who are most similar to themselves and are therefore less tolerant of or comfortable with those who are more dissimilar to them?
Is it an inevitable unavoidable instinctive knee jerk human response for many perhaps?
I am neither trying to justify nor condemn but rather to understand because when attempting to deal with what most would regard as a serious problem the first need is to understand its root causes and origins that in this case rarely seem to be aired, which may well be exacerbating the problem rather than helping to resolve it.
We are all members of the human race so what do others think are the root causes of racism?
Is it because perhaps many are more comfortable with those who are most similar to themselves and are therefore less tolerant of or comfortable with those who are more dissimilar to them?
Is it an inevitable unavoidable instinctive knee jerk human response for many perhaps?
I am neither trying to justify nor condemn but rather to understand because when attempting to deal with what most would regard as a serious problem the first need is to understand its root causes and origins that in this case rarely seem to be aired, which may well be exacerbating the problem rather than helping to resolve it.
We are all members of the human race so what do others think are the root causes of racism?
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