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Is Racism a Mental Illness?
If racism were thought of as a mental disorder, would it help the efforts to make the world a less racist place, or make them harder?
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That’s a really well-written piece
there’s a definite neural process called “speciation” which in part is a result of learned behavior, yes but which is nevertheless neurological and incorrectly in the mind of an individual classifies other people as members of a different species based on differences in creed or ethnicity in general
whether that’s a disorder or not I cannot comment but it is well understood and studied and that knowledge should result in some sort of legislation against people evoking or irritating the phenomenon as it clearly results in systemic problems that actively harm people; problems which can and should be avoided
however, such a thing would not only spell the end of hate news for profit and social media advertising but would also lead down a slippery slope for corporate marketing in general and organized religion peddlers too so I suspect it would be viciously opposed (perhaps ironically, by appealing to the very same neurological mechanisms)