Sounds like it was as much a failure to respect authority as it was racism.
Yes. Most definately.usmarine wrote:
do you think one can change their racist views?
Racism isn't an inherent behaviour. It's a learnt behaviour.
What can be learnt can also be un-learnt.
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Good point. It may be difficult for some people to un-learn racism if it is deeply entrenched in them but it is still possible.Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Yes. Most definately.usmarine wrote:
do you think one can change their racist views?
Racism isn't an inherent behaviour. It's a learnt behaviour.
What can be learnt can also be un-learnt.
My drill Sgt. always threatened to go nigger on us and would say things like " Oh lord I feel it commin' on, Is gonna have a niggerism and a private is gonna die today ".
I really felt like he could have used a hug.
I really felt like he could have used a hug.
Absolutely, and it works both ways. I have seen racist people change their views and I have seen non-racist people become racist. People change. It happens.usmarine wrote:
So the question is, do you think one can change their racist views or is it with them forever?
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
This is very true, I am not racist in real life but on this forum I hate the Irish and Mexicans.FEOS wrote:
Absolutely, and it works both ways. I have seen racist people change their views and I have seen non-racist people become racist. People change. It happens.usmarine wrote:
So the question is, do you think one can change their racist views or is it with them forever?
Oh, and Muslims but that isn't really a race
They can be changed, depending on the person...
I mean, it'd be pretty hard to change Hitler's views on Jewish peoples, mirite?
I mean, it'd be pretty hard to change Hitler's views on Jewish peoples, mirite?
Maybe that vacation changed the little bastard's mind.