Unique facial recognition and the birth of the racism trait
Being brought up in a prominently white country town, I found it difficult to uniquely identify non-white-european persons, until moving to perth and training my brain to pick up on the subtleties in the faces. Further travels through asia helped also.
If we were brought up by apes, we would easily be able to identify each ape from their face and tag them with defining characteristics and traits. The brain only learns what it needs to, having no lengthy contact with humans would mean that it would personalize apes moreso.
When the brain cannot identify unique identity in a species, it makes us feel like they lack personality, lack conscience, lack feeling. lack a sense of self.
However, if we find it difficult spotting, say, an asian in a group of asians, it doesnt make us hate asians.
Unless our brains tell us to, in order to cope with the frustration - guided by family influences.
Old generations, terrorfied of seeing another human of different colour and shape (upon arriving in another country, or through the introduction of immigration) ensure that their children keep the fear alive, perhaps a mental safety precaution, shivering in fear without embracing the new neural pathways.
We are all the same, our brains just need to learn to tell us this.
The rednecks need to go on an international holiday once in a while :P
If we were brought up by apes, we would easily be able to identify each ape from their face and tag them with defining characteristics and traits. The brain only learns what it needs to, having no lengthy contact with humans would mean that it would personalize apes moreso.
When the brain cannot identify unique identity in a species, it makes us feel like they lack personality, lack conscience, lack feeling. lack a sense of self.
However, if we find it difficult spotting, say, an asian in a group of asians, it doesnt make us hate asians.
Unless our brains tell us to, in order to cope with the frustration - guided by family influences.
Old generations, terrorfied of seeing another human of different colour and shape (upon arriving in another country, or through the introduction of immigration) ensure that their children keep the fear alive, perhaps a mental safety precaution, shivering in fear without embracing the new neural pathways.
We are all the same, our brains just need to learn to tell us this.
The rednecks need to go on an international holiday once in a while :P