I sincerely believe most racism comes from a lack of physical travel and exposure. It's incredibly easy to build a hatred for a race or stereotype if a person can't find a way to be exposed to and interact with examples they'll usually like. That exposure is critical and runs both ways, mindset speaking. Staying within a certain geographic area or even absorbing one point of view news or "story" wise isn't only limiting, it's rather remedial.

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Posted by weagle99

Member since Nov 2011

35893 posts

Posted on 3/21/19 at 10:25 pm to Sao

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exposure

Growing up I was exposed to one group committing most of the vandalism, starting most of the fights, and generally causing most of the problems. And into today.

Am I just supposed to ignore what I see with my own eyes?

This post was edited on 3/21/19 at 10:27 pm

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Posted by volod

Leesville, LA

Member since Jun 2014

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Posted on 3/22/19 at 10:18 am to Sao

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sincerely believe most racism comes from a lack of physical travel and exposure. It's incredibly easy to build a hatred for a race or stereotype if a person can't find a way to be exposed to and interact with examples they'll usually like. That exposure is critical and runs both ways, mindset speaking. Staying within a certain geographic area or even absorbing one point of view news or "story" wise isn't only limiting, it's rather remedial.

I am a firm believer in exposure over a course of time changes worldview on race. Some posters comment on how racist Northerers can be. I believe it.

The truth is,no matter the race, if you never leave your peer group (be it only upper class people or lower class) it will heavily effect your views. Mainly because you only ever see things from one perspective and think "everybody has a life like this".

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