The "Medium and the Message"

MorganGrayson · 09-03-2005

JR...you have several valid points. I think one concept needs to be added though, and that is "familiarity." Long ago I had a discussion with someone about racism, and this person's take was "if you've only met one black person in your life and this was a bad person, you're going to think all black people are bad." If, however, you have a broad familiarity with lots of different races, ethnic groups and religions, your experiences broadens and so does your tolerance.

Dravyk...it's a virtual certainty that in 50 years, someone will be sitting around saying something about someone. As a species we seem to have an adamant refusal to learn from history.

09-03-2005	#6
MorganGrayson None $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,321	Re: The "Medium and the Message" JR...you have several valid points. I think one concept needs to be added though, and that is "familiarity." Long ago I had a discussion with someone about racism, and this person's take was "if you've only met one black person in your life and this was a bad person, you're going to think all black people are bad." If, however, you have a broad familiarity with lots of different races, ethnic groups and religions, your experiences broadens and so does your tolerance. Dravyk...it's a virtual certainty that in 50 years, someone will be sitting around saying something about someone. As a species we seem to have an adamant refusal to learn from history.