by Avu » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:06 pm
Sevenless wrote:Ysh wrote:This is agreeable. This also point to ''men are bad at judging the nature of all men'' and not ''men are bad at judging the nature of themselves.'' All of this factor can apply to men who are not me.
A couple of those traits (bias and denial) can be negated. Which is why I'd agree that generally people are better at judging others than themselves. Mind you, racism is the big downfall in that concept.
Racism like all stereotyping is based in reality and like all stereotypes it has a very good purpose. It protects oneself. Is it terribly unfair sometimes sure. It's not always right in individual cases? You betcha. Is it self perpetuating at times sure. But noticing that asians are on average more hard working and more inteligent is not ignorant of reality like it's not ignorant of reality to notice muslim imigrants are more prone to crime, or the fact that blacks are more violent (even accounting for police bias). The thing is it has become taboo to say such or you become branded as a nonperson by the perpetually offended and eventually by those that do not want to offend.
"Since all men count themselves righteous, and since
no righteous man raises his hand against the innocent,
a man need only strike another to make him evil."