New Forms of Racism Arising in Research

sphinx wrote:Why do you think discrimination is so common in human interaction?

PhilDidge wrote:

sphinx wrote:Why do you think discrimination is so common in human interaction?

Lets here your hypothesis on this?

Published research has shown that blacks are more likely than whites to have a blood type that causes sickle cell disease and can protect against malaria, and are more likely to have a certain gene called APOL1, which protects against a parasite that causes sleeping sickness.

While Graves did not dispute these findings, he said it is wrong to imply that genetic differences account for the vast health disparities between whites and blacks.

sphinx wrote:

PhilDidge wrote:


Lets here your hypothesis on this?

Humans discriminate - be it on grounds of race sexuality or weight or political beliefs or choice of boyband.  There are constant anti discrimination campaigns but all they seem to do is define on what grounds discrimination is and is not allowed (dont be nasty to gay people but you can be nasty to fat people) with it ending up with discriminating against those who are seen to discriminate against the "wrong" thing

So why do humans discriminate?

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Published research has shown that blacks are more likely than whites to have a blood type that causes sickle cell disease and can protect against malaria, and are more likely to have a certain gene called APOL1, which protects against a parasite that causes sleeping sickness.

While Graves did not dispute these findings, he said it is wrong to imply that genetic differences account for the vast health disparities between whites and blacks.

It sounds to me like they're more concerned about research being misconstrued into a justification of racism, which is something that goes back a long, long time:



It's believed racism may have evolved as a way to protect yourself from diseases that people from far away could bring into your community, such as the diseases that killed up to 9 out of every 10 American natives when they were brought over from Europe.

PhilDidge wrote:

sphinx wrote:

Humans discriminate - be it on grounds of race sexuality or weight or political beliefs or choice of boyband.  There are constant anti discrimination campaigns but all they seem to do is define on what grounds discrimination is and is not allowed (dont be nasty to gay people but you can be nasty to fat people) with it ending up with discriminating against those who are seen to discriminate against the "wrong" thing

So why do humans discriminate?

That is not a hypothesis as to why people discriminate, try again.

You are the one proposing to know why, so please enlighten your audiance

heavenly father wrote:I actually believe that some of darwins revelations were built upon racism, i think he saw the noble white man, compared to the heathen black man , low intelligence uncivilised and then the apes and saw a type of progression..

Tess. wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Published research has shown that blacks are more likely than whites to have a blood type that causes sickle cell disease and can protect against malaria, and are more likely to have a certain gene called APOL1, which protects against a parasite that causes sleeping sickness.

While Graves did not dispute these findings, he said it is wrong to imply that genetic differences account for the vast health disparities between whites and blacks.

It sounds to me like they're more concerned about research being misconstrued into a justification of racism, which is something that goes back a long, long time:



It's believed racism may have evolved as a way to protect yourself from diseases that people from far away could bring into your community, such as the diseases that killed up to 9 out of every 10 American natives when they were brought over from Europe.

I've got to admit, that fella's a spitting image of my next door neighbour.

sphinx wrote:

PhilDidge wrote:

That is not a hypothesis as to why people discriminate, try again.

You are the one proposing to know why, so please enlighten your audiance

No I am asking if anyone else knows - that is what the question "why" means is it not?

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Tess. wrote:
I've got to admit, that fella's a spitting image of my next door neighbour.

Which one?

PhilDidge wrote:

sphinx wrote:

No I am asking if anyone else knows - that is what the question "why" means is it not?

But surely you have views as to why, hence why you have brought it up, and hence why I am asking your views on this.
If you have none, fair enough, do you have none?

Ben_Reilly wrote:By the way, I love how a few individuals can be selected as examples of how a group or "race" of people are ugly and other "races" are more beautiful. It's so easily manipulated that it has no merit, as I will demonstrate by showing how white women are by far the most ugly people on Earth:











See?  ::roglol:: ::roglol:: ::roglol:: 

sphinx wrote:

PhilDidge wrote:


But surely you have views as to why, hence why you have brought it up, and hence why I am asking your views on this.
If you have none, fair enough, do you have none?

I am of the opinion that it is a fairly basic part of humanity is all.  I watch all the condemnation of it, and attempts to stop it only to see it pop up somewhere else.  

Tess. wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Which one?

McGinty.

Ben_Reilly wrote:By the way, I love how a few individuals can be selected as examples of how a group or "race" of people are ugly and other "races" are more beautiful. It's so easily manipulated that it has no merit, as I will demonstrate by showing how white women are by far the most ugly people on Earth:



See?  ::roglol:: ::roglol:: ::roglol:: 

Tess. wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:By the way, I love how a few individuals can be selected as examples of how a group or "race" of people are ugly and other "races" are more beautiful. It's so easily manipulated that it has no merit, as I will demonstrate by showing how white women are by far the most ugly people on Earth:



See?  ::roglol:: ::roglol:: ::roglol::