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M Winther
Jan 21, 2013, 4:55:38 AM1/21/13
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Finally, the notion of "unconscious racism" has been thoroughly verified
by experiment. I have been harping on this problem before.
"Racism is Innate: The Human Brain Makes Unconscious Decisions Based on
Ethnicity"
http://tinyurl.com/b55v3ry
http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/10458/20120626/racism-decision-cognition-emotional-ethnicity-human-brain-psychology.htm
"Brain Scans 'Can Detect If Someone Is Racist', Claims Scientific Study"
http://tinyurl.com/b5bmpho
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/18/brain-scans-detect-racism-_n_2506403.html?utm_hp_ref=uk#s1696044&title=Your_Brain_Is
This is a good lesson for people who notoriously accuse "others" of
racism. It is likely a projection of their own repressed racism. This is
what psychology teaches us: "Everything that is unconscious is
projected." This research has shown that racism is an innate factor
functioning unconsciously. Hence it is projected. Thus, the very people
who think of themselves are perfectly non-racist and "good" are much
more likely to be surreptitiously racist.
According to the following article, it's the constant, vague,
just-below-the-surface acts of racism that impair performance, day in
and day out. This form of surreptitious racism magnifies when people
remain politically correct and refuse to talk openly about painful
questions. The conclusion is that it's better to talk more openly about
race.
(See 'Racism's Cognitive Toll: Subtle Discrimination Is More Taxing On
The Brain'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070919093316.htm
If hypocrisy goes too far, people become neurotic, bending over
backwards just to avoid mentioning race. This sometimes creates more
interpersonal problems than it solves, the author of the following
article says: 'Seeing Race And Seeming Racist?'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006092518.htm
This is how "unconscious racism" works. "At Uppsala university, Sweden,
an experiment was set up where people watched crime scenes on film.
Women were much more prone to misjudge the scene and identify the
immigrant as perpetrator. The researcher said that this was due to the
fact that women tend to be much more liberal than men in matters of
immigration. So they repressed their negative feelings for immigrants,
which caused them to point them out as perpetrators, instead. This is
the treacherous way in which the unconscious works.
It actually means that a multiculturalist person is likely to be
unconsciously racist, while he/she represses his/her negative feelings,
whereas a person who thinks critically in terms of ethnicity and race is
prone to point out the correct perpetrator, in this experiment the white
person.
http://home7.swipnet.se/~w-73784/raceinsight.htm
These important findings mustn't be misinterpreted. It shows that those
people who admit to themselves that they value their own race more
highly than other races, are less prone to unconscious racism.
Mats Winther
by experiment. I have been harping on this problem before.
"Racism is Innate: The Human Brain Makes Unconscious Decisions Based on
Ethnicity"
http://tinyurl.com/b55v3ry
http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/10458/20120626/racism-decision-cognition-emotional-ethnicity-human-brain-psychology.htm
"Brain Scans 'Can Detect If Someone Is Racist', Claims Scientific Study"
http://tinyurl.com/b5bmpho
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/18/brain-scans-detect-racism-_n_2506403.html?utm_hp_ref=uk#s1696044&title=Your_Brain_Is
This is a good lesson for people who notoriously accuse "others" of
racism. It is likely a projection of their own repressed racism. This is
what psychology teaches us: "Everything that is unconscious is
projected." This research has shown that racism is an innate factor
functioning unconsciously. Hence it is projected. Thus, the very people
who think of themselves are perfectly non-racist and "good" are much
more likely to be surreptitiously racist.
According to the following article, it's the constant, vague,
just-below-the-surface acts of racism that impair performance, day in
and day out. This form of surreptitious racism magnifies when people
remain politically correct and refuse to talk openly about painful
questions. The conclusion is that it's better to talk more openly about
race.
(See 'Racism's Cognitive Toll: Subtle Discrimination Is More Taxing On
The Brain'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070919093316.htm
If hypocrisy goes too far, people become neurotic, bending over
backwards just to avoid mentioning race. This sometimes creates more
interpersonal problems than it solves, the author of the following
article says: 'Seeing Race And Seeming Racist?'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006092518.htm
This is how "unconscious racism" works. "At Uppsala university, Sweden,
an experiment was set up where people watched crime scenes on film.
Women were much more prone to misjudge the scene and identify the
immigrant as perpetrator. The researcher said that this was due to the
fact that women tend to be much more liberal than men in matters of
immigration. So they repressed their negative feelings for immigrants,
which caused them to point them out as perpetrators, instead. This is
the treacherous way in which the unconscious works.
It actually means that a multiculturalist person is likely to be
unconsciously racist, while he/she represses his/her negative feelings,
whereas a person who thinks critically in terms of ethnicity and race is
prone to point out the correct perpetrator, in this experiment the white
person.
http://home7.swipnet.se/~w-73784/raceinsight.htm
These important findings mustn't be misinterpreted. It shows that those
people who admit to themselves that they value their own race more
highly than other races, are less prone to unconscious racism.
Mats Winther
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