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Originally Posted by Hotteach
1. no you cannot be born a racist, but you can be born from them
2. Yes if you are born from racists, they can raise you and teach you hate.
3. Well, I don't think its a physical sickness, mental maybe
I feel like when you get to a certain level of maturity, you must make your own decisions about what is right and wrong, this is what i tell my students, who tell me that their parents teach them racist things. I tell them they should never disrespect their parents, but they need to decide for themselves, what is right for them. You can unlearn, racist behaviors, if you can truly accept in your heart that we are are all together in the human race. This is my belief
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True statments in a perfect world......but not reallistic thinking....
if a person was born into a racist family...that is ALL that they have EVER known. they are a victim (of sorts)....example...(true) boy twins are born..an accident occurs and ow the partents have made a decision to raise one of them as a girl instead of a eunich. the one raised as a girl...REALLY thinks he is a girl..
try telling this one as an adult..."you were born a boy...thats what you are and you must live your life as such" how do you think this person is going to fare?
How a person is raised really impacts thier lives...racist ppl are NOT ill they are victims of life...and i really feel empathy for them and saddness for thier life.