Genetic Disorder Removes Racial Bias and Social Fear

People who suffer from a rare genetic disorder called Williams Syndrome have a complete lack of social fear. They experience no anxiety or concerns about meeting new people or being put into any social situation, and a new study by Andreia Santos suggests that they also don't have any racial bias. From the article: "Typically, children start overtly gravitating towards their own ethnic groups from the tender age of three. Groups of people from all over the globe and all sorts of cultures show these biases. Even autistic children, who can have severe difficulties with social relationships, show signs of racial stereotypes. But Santos says that the Williams syndrome kids are the first group of humans devoid of such racial bias, although, as we’ll see, not everyone agrees."

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I'm not racist

[Bruha]

I hate stupid people though, or worse, smart people with no common sense.

Re:Why such terms?

[jd]

Depends. In Norway, the age of consent is 12. If 12-year-olds in Norway suddenly developed large families (entirely possible, just very unlikely, as they actually have decent education), then all they need is to reproduce faster than they lose individuals through lemming-like behaviour. I could actually see this mutation becoming wide-spread in Scandanavia. Less so in the US, where although there are States with an age of consent of 14, those States are generally inhabited by cave dwellers and genetic throwbacks to other archaic humans.

These "scientists" obviously need to catch up

[cvd6262]

See, modern White Privilege theory defines racism as gaining unearned benefit from belonging to the privileged race. Because whites cannot divorce themselves from this privilege, all whites are racist. Conversely, because Blacks cannot claim white privilege - upon which racism is predicated - Blacks cannot be racist.

Whether these children exhibit racist tendencies is irrelevant. The real question is, "What color is the child's skin?" If it's white, they are racist. ...

Wow. Did I just type all that without laughing? Yes, it was tongue-in-cheek, but if you read Kendall's book, that is her model of racism and white privilege.