The Burning Issue: Race and Racialism

[M Winther]

"The Burning Issue: Race and Racialism"

Abstract: The problems of racial strife, ethnic conflict,
discrimination, and ethnic ghettoization, show no sign of abating. The
ideology of multiculturalism and "colour-blindness" has proved
ineffectual. This article investigates why. Race as 'social construct'
is criticized. Racial cognizance has its roots in the unconscious.
Therefore it tends to be naive and exaggerated. This is borne out by
research in cognitive science. Light is shed on psychology's view of
ethnoracial difference. Differences depend on which aspects of our
common heritage that are become dominant in the population. Thus, it is
not necessary to rely on a biological explanatory model. Yet, a
categorical denial of biological difference is not the right way to
combat racism. Community psychology research shows that ethnic
integration does not foster sense of community. Ethnocultural
separation, while maintaining cultural transaction, is a better solution
than integration. The article highlights the problem of difference
anxiety in the context of ethnicity and race.

Keywords: cultural unconscious, white flight, segregation, psychosocial
alienation, dark nature, human kinds, difference anxiety, ideology of
sameness, cognitive science, cultural psychology, ethnic sociology.

Read the article here:
http://www.two-paths.com/racial_problem.htm

Mats Winther



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[M Winther]

Post by M Winther
"The Burning Issue: Race and Racialism"
Abstract: The problems of racial strife, ethnic conflict,
discrimination, and ethnic ghettoization, show no sign of abating. The
ideology of multiculturalism and "colour-blindness" has proved
ineffectual. This article investigates why. Race as 'social construct'
is criticized. Racial cognizance has its roots in the unconscious.
Therefore it tends to be naive and exaggerated. This is borne out by
research in cognitive science. Light is shed on psychology's view of
ethnoracial difference. Differences depend on which aspects of our
common heritage that are become dominant in the population. Thus, it
is not necessary to rely on a biological explanatory model. Yet, a
categorical denial of biological difference is not the right way to
combat racism. Community psychology research shows that ethnic
integration does not foster sense of community. Ethnocultural
separation, while maintaining cultural transaction, is a better
solution than integration. The article highlights the problem of
difference anxiety in the context of ethnicity and race.
Keywords: cultural unconscious, white flight, segregation,
psychosocial alienation, dark nature, human kinds, difference anxiety,
ideology of sameness, cognitive science, cultural psychology, ethnic
sociology.
http://www.two-paths.com/racial_problem.htm
Mats Winther

So, in this article, although I do not rule out biological difference, I
reason in terms of collective cultural complexes, pertaining to
different ethnic groups. For example, the imbalance in violent crime for
different ethnicities need not be predicated on racial biology. In the
article I portray violence as "dark nature", which awakes as a
consequence of inculturation, i.e., the goal of fitting every ethnic
group into white culture and civilization. The argument is that "dark
nature" awakes as a consequence of psychosocial alienation, when people
must abide with rules, mores, and a way of life that contradict their
inner being. It needn't be so, I argue, could we only achieve a
transactional cultural separation, rather than continuing on the path of
integration and assimilation, which is obviously a futile path.

/Mats



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[Abhidevananda]

Post by M Winther

Post by M Winther
"The Burning Issue: Race and Racialism"
Abstract: The problems of racial strife, ethnic conflict,
discrimination, and ethnic ghettoization, show no sign of abating. The
ideology of multiculturalism and "colour-blindness" has proved
ineffectual. This article investigates why. Race as 'social construct'
is criticized. Racial cognizance has its roots in the unconscious.
Therefore it tends to be naive and exaggerated. This is borne out by
research in cognitive science. Light is shed on psychology's view of
ethnoracial difference. Differences depend on which aspects of our
common heritage that are become dominant in the population. Thus, it
is not necessary to rely on a biological explanatory model. Yet, a
categorical denial of biological difference is not the right way to
combat racism. Community psychology research shows that ethnic
integration does not foster sense of community. Ethnocultural
separation, while maintaining cultural transaction, is a better
solution than integration. The article highlights the problem of
difference anxiety in the context of ethnicity and race.
Keywords: cultural unconscious, white flight, segregation,
psychosocial alienation, dark nature, human kinds, difference anxiety,
ideology of sameness, cognitive science, cultural psychology, ethnic
sociology.
http://www.two-paths.com/racial_problem.htm
Mats Winther

So, in this article, although I do not rule out biological difference, I
reason in terms of collective cultural complexes, pertaining to
different ethnic groups. For example, the imbalance in violent crime for
different ethnicities need not be predicated on racial biology. In the
article I portray violence as "dark nature", which awakes as a
consequence of inculturation, i.e., the goal of fitting every ethnic
group into white culture and civilization. The argument is that "dark
nature" awakes as a consequence of psychosocial alienation, when people
must abide with rules, mores, and a way of life that contradict their
inner being. It needn't be so, I argue, could we only achieve a
transactional cultural separation, rather than continuing on the path of
integration and assimilation, which is obviously a futile path.

If white people have a "dark nature", then better to be black people
with a "bright nature".

Once again we have proof that Mats's obsession with race is colored by
his own pessimism and prejudice. Trying to stir up interest in his
racist propaganda piece, Mats only reveals his lack of objectivity,
his negative bias, by classifying "integration and assimilation" as
"obviously a futile path". If that were as obvious as Mats imagines,
then human beings would probably still be apes, perhaps slightly less
hairy.

Mats rants about cognitive science, conveniently neglecting any
studies that demonstrate the opposite of what he chooses to believe.
Here, for example is a study that suggests reasons for racial bias in
infants and offers the possibility of negating that racial bias:
http://www.medicaldaily.com/babies-can-distinguish-among-races-and-genders-early-3-months-can-racism-be-reversed-242455

Mats also rants about "white culture". I don't subscribe to such a
notion... I don't even know what it means. All humans tend to laugh
when they are happy and cry when they are sad. Around the world, we do
math with a numeric system popularized by Muslims; we sing with a
musical scale developed by brown-skinned people in India. I doubt that
Mats himself could distinguish much of his "white culture and
civilization" that actually originated with whites or that has not
been improved by blacks.

Mats claims that race is a burning issue. If that be so, it is a
certainty that Mats's brain overheated long ago.