The recent screening of the observational documentary Go Back To Where You Came From on SBS shocked many people by some blunt displays of racist attitudes. The program forced many to consider how some people find it acceptable to admit to such attitudes in a modern society where racism is generally regarded as abhorrent. Why do some people dislike or fear people they have never met but who look different? Is racism learned or have we evolved to distrust the unknown?
Racism, or racial prejudice, is usually a negative attitude towards the members of some group, based solely on their membership in that group,
says a social psychology lecturer at the University of Sydney, Dr Fiona White. Some approaches argue that racism is hardwired and that we have evolved to distrust people from racial groups other than ours. Other approaches argue that racism is learnt though our family, peers and the media.
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
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