Obama’s Charlottesville Response Most-Liked Tweet Ever
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#2I'll bet that pisses off Trump to no end.
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#3Perhaps it's popular because it's not true. But it should be true, and everyone wishes it was true.
The evolutionary basis of xenophobia is well-understood. A quick search turns up, for example:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/...
Babies of about the same age as the ones shown in Obama's tweet already display instinctive xenophobia:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/are-babies-bigo...
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#4actually, circa 1949:
'racism is "not born in you! It happens after you’re born..."' [1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ve_Got_to_Be_Carefully_T...
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#5I'll bet that pisses off Trump to no end.
The only way Trump will find this out is if it is reported on Fox news. That seems to be how he gets all his information.
I searched the web site and it doesn't appear to be there.
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#6Perhaps it's popular because it's not true. But it should be true, and everyone wishes it was true. The evolutionary basis of xenophobia is well-understood. A quick search turns up, for example: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/... Babies of about the same age as the ones shown in Obama's tweet already display instinctive xenophobia: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/are-babies-b…
But xenophobia is most certainly a spectrum of emotion, and that which occurs in babies can be taught quite easily out of them.
Once friendships occur, specifically, it tends to fade away pretty quickly.
So I'm not sure if baby-sourced studies like the one you show "prove" that "it's not true."
Not saying that the studies are wrong; just that we all have many biological traits that we overcome easily through nurture.
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#7Perhaps it's popular because it's not true. But it should be true, and everyone wishes it was true. The evolutionary basis of xenophobia is well-understood. A quick search turns up, for example: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/... Babies of about the same age as the ones shown in Obama's tweet already display instinctive xenophobia: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/are-babies-b…
Instinctive xenophobia is different from indoctrinated bigotry.
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#8Perhaps it's popular because it's not true. But it should be true, and everyone wishes it was true. The evolutionary basis of xenophobia is well-understood. A quick search turns up, for example: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/... Babies of about the same age as the ones shown in Obama's tweet already display instinctive xenophobia: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/are-babies-b…
In-group out-group markers are flexible, but can most easily be based on physical characteristics, so it is maintained. The best chance to remove it is to counteract those markers with in-group markers pertaining to class, dress, language, and values.
EDITED for typos and clarity.
Re: Obama’s Charlottesville Response Most-Liked Tweet Ever
#9Perhaps it's popular because it's not true. But it should be true, and everyone wishes it was true. The evolutionary basis of xenophobia is well-understood. A quick search turns up, for example: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/... Babies of about the same age as the ones shown in Obama's tweet already display instinctive xenophobia: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/are-babies-b…
Trash analysis from a throwaway account.
Independent.co.uk link discusses proposed evolutionary/biological origins of xenophobia, and specifically points at groupthink, not individual bias, as a possible explanation.
Smithsonian link describes a study where babies show a preference for non-racialized puppets who displayed similar food preferences. Nothing to do with race or bigotry.
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#10In times of conflict it's easy to lose sight of the fundamental goodness and decency of people, goodness and decency that will flourish if given the opportunity. Great leaders remind us of this when anger and hate pull us apart.