Why are people STILL racist in 2019?

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Is is fear or something? Just feel that so much is fuelled by xenophobia...Brexit, stabbings, right wing extremism is on the rise.in a more interconnected world i would hope for the opposite

Because they feel threatened. Because they read the Daily Mail. Because people are programmed to fear others who are different to them.

Divide and conquer. We've been conditioned to blame everybody "different" from us for all that is wrong.

I saw some white youths on Saturday, making ooh ooh noises at a couple of black teenagers. Shocking behaviour.

Because they are ignorant.

Because they are bastards.

Because we, as a society, are programmable. And we're being instructed to hate eachother.

Because they are ignorant. It's seems every society throughout history evolves a strata where some people feel the need to imagine they are superior to others.

I suppose because it makes them feel superior in some strange imaginary way - basically because they’re stupid.

Unfortunately I think racism will always be a thing, just new targets.

Some might be through fear, and not knowing any different. What they were taught, personal experiences or just an arsehole who doesn't like anyone not like them. Depressing really.

Because we, as a society, are programmable. And we're being instructed to hate eachother.

^^

Because stupid has no expiry date

Odd question OP. Do you think human nature is going to change? That everyone will think the same?

People have always been prone to prejudice. They always will.

I am absolutely certain that you have prejudice yourself, for something relating to people.

Sadly it is just the nature of humans that some people will be racist. It will never go away. Fortunately those people are in the minority.

Um- because we are essentially tribal beings.

Over the millennia, it has proved endlessly useful to 'Band Together', to repel 'others'. Especially if you are not in a position of strength.

The simplest form of 'belonging' is your tribe; this may well include people who you really don't like, are scared of, and/or who don't like you. But feel bound to protect you against 'other'. Providing that your continue to support 'the tribe'. Which can mean protecting people whose actions you revile, but they maintained the wholeness of the tribe. We know it might be best to convince ourselves we also feel a certain way to preserve The Centre.

This is rooted deep in our psyche. We're stupid to ignore it, or call it stupid things, like 'bastards'.

Tribalism brought us Brexit, for instance.

Personally I don’t think many people really are. Doesn’t everyone know someone with “views” but who gets on great with their one neighbour, relative ,work colleague who’s one of the groups they expunge on.
It’s a group think thing.
I asked a question on MN once “which countries aren’t racist”. No one could think of any.

P J ORouke was a travel journalist travelled extensively across the world. He wrote about living in the Middle East with the warmth and generosity of the Arab people. However he also noted that in a group the whole dynamic changed. I think that is true of everyone.
One on one everyone could get along.

Divide and conquer. We've been conditioned to blame everybody "different" from us for all that is wrong.
Because we, as a society, are programmable. And we're being instructed to hate each other.

I always thought society would progressively get better. It just seemed logical to me as we learned from past mistakes. I was wrong unfortunately. How did we get here? I am so sad/worried about our society.

Because of sod's law that I no longer work at an office where EVERYONE disagreed with me that racism still exists as this was because brexit, Trump, European populism and I was being an alarmist. That's why.

Because humans are horrible 😞

#before#

Because stupidity is the only infinite commodity in an infinite universe

It's interesting that even remote communities cut off from so called 'civilisation' show similar patterns of behaviour. '

There will always be prejudice in the world.

At essence because as mammals we've a base biological imperative to fear what's different and protect "our own". But on an intellectual level over thousands of years of development of humanity, the "people are bastards" thing

We have an unapologetic racist as our prime minister, which appears to be a green light for people to make racist comments.

It is being normalised in society, and it's only going to get worse.

Personally I don’t think many people really are. Doesn’t everyone know someone with “views” but who gets on great with their one neighbour, relative ,work colleague who’s one of the groups they expunge on.

I sort of agree with this to some extent, I mean I bet Tommy Robinson has met at least one Muslim person who he was nice to because they were nice to him and everyone is like this. But not everyone goes on hate fueled marches and shoots up places of worship where Muslims go.