RE: Is it possible to maintain and respect cultural heritage and not be a racist
March 12, 2015 at 10:17 am
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2015 at 10:24 am by Nope.)
When you have been taught that a just god rules the world, history can be troubling. Actually, it is troubling even without religion. Good people die. Really evil people sometimes succeed and there seems to be a lot of unnecessary cruelty.People who would want to do good are sometimes hurt and the people who hurt them aren't always brought to justice. I am glad that you are beginning to look at history, Drich but the lessons that you seem to have learned from history are different from what I learned.
To some extent, it is natural for humans to classify each other into groups . Once people are put into groups it is easier to view anyone outside of our own groups as one of the 'others' From there, it is easier to dehumanize the others because they are different from us. Dehumanization leads different groups to do horrible things to one another. The cure for this is to not hide away in your safe sphere but to interact with the "others'
Did you ever answer, Drich, which specific practices your dad kept your mom from following?
To some extent, it is natural for humans to classify each other into groups . Once people are put into groups it is easier to view anyone outside of our own groups as one of the 'others' From there, it is easier to dehumanize the others because they are different from us. Dehumanization leads different groups to do horrible things to one another. The cure for this is to not hide away in your safe sphere but to interact with the "others'
Did you ever answer, Drich, which specific practices your dad kept your mom from following?
