Why does race is sometimes a separatist factor in social relations?
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Stupidity, ignorance, fear. That's about it I think.
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Yes they do. That was the whole point of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The basic idea is that separate but equal is inherently unequal. This is true even in prisons, as California was recently ordered to end racial segregation in prison populations, even though they have a reasonably plausible reason to do so, to curb racial violence.
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(((((\n\n\n\n\nWhite nationalist beliefs\nWhite nationalism is the belief that white people have a common identity and common interests, a belief proponents argue is considered uncontroversial when advocated by any other ethnic or racial group. Pursuit of these interests includes the establishment of organisations to promote issues important to white people. Specific policies include the preservation and teaching of European history and culture, and opposition to economic or social discrimination against whites.\n\n\nWhite separatism\nSome white nationalists also support white separatism, the belief that white people should live separately from non-whites, either in separate all-white nations, in separate white areas of existing nations (see also racial segregation), or in separate "anarchist" communities (see national anarchism). While white separatism does not promote general expulsion or genocide, critics of the movement have noted that the land considered by these white separatists to belong to the white race frequently includes places such as the Americas which have major non-white population groups.\n\n\nThe concept of race\nThe term "race" itself is somewhat contentious. Anthropologists tend to be of the opinion that the concept has little or no scientific value, while biologists generally view it as meaningful and useful. Many geneticists, such as Cavalli-Sforza, have insisted that the term be abandoned in a scientific context, and prefer the term "population group," because it better describes the idea of a breeding population which has been more or less endogamous for enough generations to develop its own characteristic phenotype.\n\nWhatever the case, the word "race" still holds social value for people who base their personal identity (in part or in whole) on genetic characteristics that affect outward appearance. In all areas of the world, personal identity reflects the degree of awareness and connectivity to the outside world and foreign cultures, thus "race issues" tend to be seen as related to tribalism, xenophobia, ethnocentrism, and other "culture wars" paradigms.\n\nSimilar concerns that may be a catalyst for a distinction of personal identity are religion, gender, and language, and differences regarding these issues are often manifested in conflict of one form or another.\n\n\nDefinition of "white"\nWhite nationalists often have a definition of whiteness that is more limited than official usage. Whiteness, in this case, requires an ancestry that is solely or overwhelmingly European, and also usually a psychological identification with European culture and heritage, as well as a commitment to advance its interests. Therefore, Middle Eastern, South Asian and North African peoples are typically not considered white by White nationalists, even though they are Caucasian.\n\nBut as with many other racially minded groups, definitions of "white" used by White nationalists can vary greatly. White nationalists who follow the ideology of Nordicism and Germanism only see Northern Europeans who are Nordic or Germanic as white, shunning Southern and Eastern Europeans, and sometimes dark Celtic peoples as well. Pan-Europeanism is an opposing view that embraces all ethnic members of European Christendom. Pan-Aryanism adds to this in-group certain non-European (and often non-Christian) Caucasoids from West Asia and North Africa who are considered remnants of Indo-European or pre-Semitic races based on their language or physical attributes. There are also those who push the idea of a White Proto-European race, and use the Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b as a guide to their ancestry. This genetic marker is associated with the earliest settlers of Europe who took refuge in Iberia during the Ice Age. Today, it's predominant in Western European populations, particularly Celts and Iberians, especially Basques.\n\nMany Christian White nationalists also
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Not all people of any race like all people of another race.  People, even those who're not prejudiced, don't always like each other for a variety of reasons.  Do you like everyone in the world?  Aren't there people who get on your nerves, or people who're rude, or aggressive people, etc. that you just don't like?  The same holds true on this question.
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No, because racism is something that stands because they are different. If something is different, you'll have a hard time understanding it, if you can't understand it, you won't like it. And society reinforces it in television and the such.
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Historically the big conflict has been between black and white people like someone else said. The big problem with other cultures like Native, Asian and so forth would be language, and that the community is tighter... it'd be harder for someone of another race to *pass.*
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Racism isn't mutually exclusive. Often its other issues that motivate criticism and violence. How many times have you seen the victim of hate or violence by one man take it out on an entire race of human beings. This happens ever day.
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There's a difference between groups out to promote a minority that isn't doing well in society, and groups that promote the superiority of one race over another.\n\nThe NAACP doesn't say "White people are the devil and must be eradicated!" they say "We want to help black people out." There's a very important difference there.
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It's all a word game. One person's definition of 'race' is different from another person's. The philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein taught that all philosphical disagreements are caused by ambiguity in language. Some people think of 'race' as being the equivilent to 'species'. In that case they would argue that all humans are the same 'race'. Others define race as the outward observable physical characteristics, especially related to the color of the skin. People can say whatever they want. It doesn't make it true.
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Blacks are not part of the democratic party any more than whites are part of the republican party. People tend to lean towards the party the more closely matches their views.\nDemocrats tend to give more attention to minority issues than republicans.
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I think that people tend to be less racist than they were in hate past but it still exist in smaller areas where there is not a diversity in race.Most people today do not see race as an issue while some don't believe in interracial relationships and others hate people of other races it is something that I don't think will ever completely go away but has improved over the past 20 years.
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i don't see anything wrong in disagreeing with it as long as one doesn't impose his/her views on others. i am one of those people who disagree with interracial relationships due to the fact that i want to preserve the beauty of uniqueness, also, i see interracial relationships as a threat to different culture of each race.
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Much has been family (up bringing) , then neighborhoods , schools , friends, lack of knowing we're all equal.One group feeling they aren't treated fairly.Then another yelling they aren't ...What's bad is when someone takes advantage of being a race , that offers employment , education and don't respect the opportunities offered or abuses them.And there are a few such races that are offered more ,so we (America)can try to balance the employment and schools.Still another area will complain . I 've done for myself and many others have as well .I don't dislike anyone but mean people.And they are plenty ,so all races should get together and try to end the hate. Sounds nice ,but history has shown hate at the beginning of time.
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The nation-state, at least in theory, has a uniform population, language and culture. It assumes that people with common ethinic background can live better together than people of different cultures. People need to feel that they below to a large group which protects, cares and support each other.\n\nThe two articles below does a better job of answering your questions than I think I could.
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1ST OF ALL,SEGREGATION,PREJUDICE,AND DISCRIMINATION ARE JUST IGNORNANT!!! WE ALL ARE HUMAN BEINGS,OF COURSE WE HAVE DIFFERNT CULTURES,VALUES,ETC.BUT SO DO ALL WHITE MEN? WE ALL SHARE THE SAME BLOOD,WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT! SO Y SEGREGATE?
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Well that has to do with a combination of history, human nature and pure and simple discrimination.\n\nLet's examine those one at a time:\n1. History - the USA was created by white men therefore white men gained power and control from the beginning. It is always difficult for another race to gain power when one race has complete control. Btw, this also applies to gender.\n2. Human nature - when any one race gets into power, it is human nature to want to keep power within that one race.\n3. Discrimination - there have actually been a few studies on this that were used to justify Affirmative Action. It is not that white males intentionally discriminate. The studies illustrated that when a certain type of person, say a white male, is conducting a job interview, that ppl tend to like ppl the most like themselves. I'm saying that a white male that say has a wife and kids is more likely to hire a white male of the same situation not because he intentionally discriminates but that is human nature also.\n\nBtw #3 applies to all races and gender.
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well Nazi's and the Nat's (the apartheid government of the time) were both interested in seperating the citizens according to race/culture. Both used violent methods to do so. Both had an ideology of seperating the races in order to "protect" a certain race. Oh and neither worked in the end.