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veen · 3919 days ago · link · · parent · post: Willful Ignorance - On the Perception of Race From Someone Too White to Be Black and Too Black to Be White
I wonder though, and please point me to my ignorance if I say this wrong, but is racism a result of the assumptive nature of the human brain? As in, we're hard-wired to rapidly make judgements and to categorize the world around us based on images (sterotypes) which are shaped through experience, direct or indirect (e.g. media). I started reading Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow just like humanodon and the 'faster' aspect of the brain, making quick judgements, seems to facilitate prejudice. I'm not saying this means racism is any less of an issue, I'm just wondering what aspect of human nature makes it possible.