[–] RogerByam 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I run sometimes with a guy who is kind-of liberal and we talked about that latest Swedish documentary about the ancient human migration (the one with the black guy with blue eyes on the promo).
What came clear to me as we talked about evolution and the different races, is that he celebrates similarities between the races, whereas I am taken-in by the differences.
So many people look at the cantina scene in Star Wars and think why can't we live in a world like this, without realising that we already do (albeit, less polarised), and it's pretty cool.
For the record, the guy with whom I run is pretty cool and we have good chats even though we often don't agree on many subjects. It's refreshing to have a real-life conversation like this outside of Voat; they are getting rarer.
[–] TheTrigger [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It's refreshing to have a real-life conversation like this outside of Voat; they are getting rarer.
Way too true.
[–] non_compete 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think that it's a matter of perspective actually. When was the last time you referred to a person as a human? I actually infer traits of a person based on their ethnicity. Scientific taxonomy means little in the everyday world. When I try to communicate a description of a person I'll say you know Mike he's the big black guy in HR or Lee, the Asian in Accounting. Do we really need scientific classifications? I do t as most people don't. I get where you're going with all this but really if you can catch the nuances of communication you can explain it without being explicitly obviously racist.
No need to over generalize either, light skinned black guy means something different too.