Is Racism and Conservatism Hard Wired?

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I'm a person of colour who will be voting Conservative in the upcoming election. I'm no racist.
 
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TomRoll said:
I'm a person of colour who will be voting Conservative in the upcoming election. I'm no racist.
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I probably should have used small C conservative. But to be honest, the Canadian Conservative Party is not really traditionally conservative.

And as I am sure you are aware, there are excepts to every rule. However being a person of colour does not mean you are automatically not racist. Science of large groups studies tendencies and trends, it does not usually set inescapable rules.

Did you read the article and disagree with it?
 
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Is Liberalism and idiocy hard-wired?
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Believe you meant Libertarianism.

Libertarianism and idiocy are most definitely hard-wired....
 
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Hobbyists' preferences for and aversion to MPAs and SPs of various
ethnic groups are hard wired.

More than a few SPs would refuse to serve clients of colors and I suppose
that kind of personal preferences are hard wired.

Even in the 21st century one must exercise the freedom
of showing personal likes and dislikes with caution.
To do so could bring you venomous
accusation of racism from the politically correct fanatics.
 
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Studies say that fear of change may be hard wired and that is alleged to be the basis for small c conservatism. Racism is often the response to change (those minorities moving in to 'my' neighbourhood) so I could see it as possible.

Of course there are people of all political stripes who are racists asses so maybe not.
 
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Some of the people posting in this thread must be relatively new to the province of Ontario.

A quick history lesson:

Not so many years ago, the province was governed by a man who wanted to use the power of the state to separate people, and force everyone in the workforce to be identified according to their race, gender, etc.

Sounds awful, doesn't it?

The architect of this terrible piece of legislation was a man named Bob Rae, the former NDP premier who has been sitting in Parliament in recent years as a Liberal MP.

The man who most strongly opposed the legislation requiring people to be identified by race, gender, etc.? A fellow named Mike Harris, who promised to tear up the legislation if elected -- and did tear it up once he became premier.

If the Ontario experience counts for anything, then the answer to the question in this thread's headline must be an emphatic 'no'.

It is fair to say, however, that it's probably more common for conservatives to be accused of being racist -- or, in today's language, "phobic." But that usually happens whenever liberals are losing a public policy debate, and in most cases is unsubstantiated.
 
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Is this another thinly veiled political thread that the mods should move out of the lounge? :rolleyes:
 
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basketcase said:
Studies say that fear of change may be hard wired and that is alleged to be the basis for small c conservatism. Racism is often the response to change (those minorities moving in to 'my' neighbourhood) so I could see it as possible.

Of course there are people of all political stripes who are racists asses so maybe not.
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I agree. Racism and conservatism are two distinctly different entities. I have East Indian friends who are essencially racist by defination but liberal by politics. Just an example. A really good study on racism can be found watching the film Bend it Like Becham.
 
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This should be the final word on "racism"

 
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moviefan said:
Some of the people posting in this thread must be relatively new to the province of Ontario.

A quick history lesson:

Not so many years ago, the province was governed by a man who wanted to use the power of the state to separate people, and force everyone in the workforce to be identified according to their race, gender, etc.

Sounds awful, doesn't it?

The architect of this terrible piece of legislation was a man named Bob Rae, the former NDP premier who has been sitting in Parliament in recent years as a Liberal MP.

The man who most strongly opposed the legislation requiring people to be identified by race, gender, etc.? A fellow named Mike Harris, who promised to tear up the legislation if elected -- and did tear it up once he became premier.

If the Ontario experience counts for anything, then the answer to the question in this thread's headline must be an emphatic 'no'.

It is fair to say, however, that it's probably more common for conservatives to be accused of being racist -- or, in today's language, "phobic." But that usually happens whenever liberals are losing a public policy debate, and in most cases is unsubstantiated.
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please lay down your crack pipe
 
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There is no such thing as racism, natural selection and survival genes are hardwired into our bodies, if not, we wouldnt exist.
 
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ogibowt said:
please lay down your crack pipe
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Please explain to me how legislation that divides people according to their skin colour and ethnicity isn't racist.

Or, to put it more clearly, how you think a policy that encourages employers to hire and promote people solely on the basis of their skin colour, or sexual orientation, or whatever, could possibly hope to reduce prejudice.
 
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Phil C. McNasty said:
True dat.

Plus they're hypocrits too. See here: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jackson-push-bennett-lawsuit-119861339.html
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Racial bias

Among the single-bias hate crime incidents in 2009, there were 4,057 victims of racially motivated hate crimes.

* 71.5 percent were victims because of an offender’s anti-black bias.
* 16.5 percent were victims because of an anti-white bias.
* 3.7 percent were victims because of an anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias.
* 2.1 percent were victims because of an anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native bias.
* 6.2 percent were victims because of a bias against a group of individuals in which more than one race was represented (anti-multiple races, group


By race

In 2009, the racial breakdown of the 6,225 known hate crime offenders was as follows:

* 62.4 percent were white.
* 18.5 percent were black.
* 7.3 percent were groups made up of individuals of various races (multiple races, group).
* 1.0 percent were American Indian/Alaskan Native.
* 0.7 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander.
* 10.2 percent were of unknown race.

http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2009/victims.html

http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2009/offenders.html
 
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