Writer's Block: Free your mind

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

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In college, I had a history professor from Africa and he had a perspective on this. He said that racism was invented. Slaves originally came largely from Eastern Europe (the word "slave" is dervived from "Slav", and Slavic people are European). Eventually it became more profitable to get slaves from Africa. Then, Professor Yeboah-Sampong said, racism developed as a result of the desire to justify the African slave trade. Because racism was made by society, it can be undone.

I'm an optimist at heart so I tend to agree with him.

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[minervasolo.livejournal.com]

I believe there was a study* that showed when you introduce young children to each other, they don't show prejudice on the basis of gender, race or any grown-up -ism. What does bias kids against each other is smell. So, I agree, racism is learnt.

I'm aware this is essentially "the lurkers support me in email" but I couldn't even guess when or where I read this now

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

Well said!