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Clifford commented on the article |J malone. Your complexion is not something which you really have control over. This is like saying I'm proud to be bold or I'm proud to have size 12 feet.
These are all physical attributes which have nothing to do with one's identity.
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Clifford commented on the article |
When any one company has a monopoly or near monopoly on a market, it is highly improbable that they would provide anything which would resemble a good product or good service. Especially when every homeowner is forced to pay.
As for your latter point, height and beauty dynamics are always at play as well. But what's last time a war broke out between the uglies and the sexies?
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Clifford commented on the article |
Below is an interview with Dr. Stuart Shanker. Stuart Shanker is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at York University.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bi6x-4aNmM&feature=channel
It's a very fascinating conversation about early childhood brain development.
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Clifford commented on the article |
John H.,
I completely agree with the vast majority of your first paragraph but I completely disagree with the second.
From birth until about 2 or 3, parents get to choose 85-95% of the time what/who their children are exposed to. These are the formative years. Beyond that age, children can be persuaded to change their views but the personality and understanding/view of the world is already well formed. I am a dad so this is not blame the parent. This is simply acknowledging the truth.
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Clifford commented on the article |
"Everybody's equal" I have to disagree with phrasing. Everyone unique is more clear to a child. At least I find that this concept has value.
It's when parents/society tries to insert reasons for grouping people that children have a problem conceptualizing. If you have any kids or (a) much younger sibling(s), I'm sure you've had the "why?" hour(s).
Just be honest and open with your children and live what you speak and race 'issues' will be a thing of the past.
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Clifford commented on the article |
Hello Negoshi . I am the same complexion as Jay-Z (maybe even a few shades richer) so letting me know that racism exists is not news :). My initial reaction to racists when I encounter them these days swing about 50/50.
50% of the times, I laugh it off and 50% of the time, I will be upset; either way, I always ask, what do mean? Interesting question to ask someone the next time you have a race moment. Give it a shot!
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Clifford commented on the article |
Hello Negoshi . I am the same complexion as Jay-Z (maybe even a few shades richer) so letting me know that racism exists is not news :). My initial reaction to racists when I encounter them these days swing about 50/50.
50% of the times, I laugh it off and 50% of the time, I will be upset; either way, I always ask, what do mean? Interesting question to ask someone the next time you have a race moment. Give it a shot!
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Clifford commented on the article |
Xiao,
I think you nailed it on the head. So the more importance a parent makes race, the more important race will be their their children and if you want to change their views on race, change your behavior and correct and/or ostracize those who make race it as sexy and important as a monkey's butt.
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Clifford commented on the article |
Hello Kansas. I understand your confusion. You're conflating not giving importance to race with making race a taboo subject.I absolutely will talk to my children about race if they bring up he subject or when I see a situation where race was a primary factor.What I am not going to do is schedule a daily, weekly, monthly or annual session do discuss race relations.Whenever there is a prohibition, the vice becomes more valuable. You correctly noted this above. What you must also acknowledge is that where there a constant reminder on a subject, that subject stays active in your mind.My view on race is that if you are in favor or making race not matter, make race not matter. When even those we love (black or white) use race in a significant matter where is little or real correlation, correct them. If one is not willing to do at least that much, then anyone posting messages on this thead is just for show.
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Clifford commented on the article |
Let me clarify what I was trying to say about the study. The purpose of this study was to find out if children had a bias towards race. The result is meaningless to me unless I can understand more about why this bias exists. That's were this study failed. As for pretending that race doesn't exist, it in fact does not. There is nothing wrong with letting your children know that some individuals who will treat you differently based on physical characteristics with which you were born (skin complexion, hair color, sexual orientation, beauty, height etc). Just as we do not focus on any of the other characteristics, we must do the same with race. To say that since other people find race to be important is the reason to focus on it is using circular logic. The more you point out that racism is something which they need to concerned about, the more they will be concerned about race. It's a vicious cycle.
I don't pretend that my child of mixed race will not encounter racism, I'm certain she will. I am simply teaching her that it is an ignorant point of view, just like when she encounters people who are sexest, homophobic etc. You'll find that people have a much easier time getting along when they are not worried in advance of what other may think of their features. But of course, when they do encounter ignorance, it must be corrected.
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