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delta_mai

Writer's Block: Free your mind

Jan 17, 2011 12:44

racial issues, psychology, real life, sociology, human rights, writer's block, philosophy, racial equality ftw

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noybusiness January 17 2011, 15:48:02 UTC

I believe xenophobia is innate in humans - we will always fear people that do not look like us. And out of fear comes hate.

Of course, people exaggerate the degree to which different "races" look different.

cdaae January 17 2011, 16:04:41 UTC

I cannot help noticing that the African American politicians who've achieved the highest levels of office in the US have had relatively pale skin - Obama, Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice. I cannot decide whether this is pure coincidence, or reflective of something.

delta_mai January 17 2011, 17:36:31 UTC

hehehehehehehe Obama isn't black, he's half black half white. So, he could quite easily be called white!

cdaae January 17 2011, 17:58:40 UTC

Some author caused a massive internet shitstorm by saying pretty much that on her blog, but I can't remember who it was.

But possibly you already knew this.

noybusiness January 17 2011, 17:40:36 UTC

There's a trope. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButNotTooBlack

delta_mai January 17 2011, 17:34:44 UTC

That is true. A lot of mixed race people look so smilar, so that all that's different is really the stereotypes we're projecting onto them. Maybe in the future all the races will blend so that we won't be able to see any difference...

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