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ingroup/outgroup behavior ≠ racism



racism is just a subgroup that is a type of ingroup/outgroup behavior.


Spoken French is just a subgroup that is a type of communication behaviour, which is an inherent feature of all social animals.

Doesn't mean speaking French is innate or inherent.


Nor does it mean that antisemitism, white supremacism, apartheid or nazism are anything but dialects of the same age-old social pattern.


also kurds vs turks vs armenians. settlers vs natives. to some extent even stuff like car drivers vs bike riders. always two+ groups whose members identify with that group and act and feel like they are fundamentally better or more worthy than another group.

it's taboo to say that - but in fact it's essential to overcome racism which seems to be the psychological root of many social issues at the moment.

Why did these guys cut off those other guys' heads in Paris or in Nice? B/c they feel like they have to protect their group ideals against people deemed unworthy to live or even die in dignity. I wouldn't call this "racism" - but I firmly believe that the psychological thinking pattern is fundamentally related and entangled.

Also interesting unpopular food for thought is that not just Murcans keeping African slaves is very much racist but also the reason for why one African tribe kept slaves from another African tribe and then sold them to American slave traders who shipped them to the new world.




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