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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    Racism (loosely defined) begins quite early. Do a search for "racist babies" and you'll see what I mean. Official "America" has come to rely on old sociological canards (e.g. that bias is only taught, human beings are a blank slate and racism is produced by a lack of contact with other races) but I tend to agree with Chris. The term has been used inappropriately with such consistency that it has been rendered meaningless for all intents and purposes aside form character assassination and intimidation.

    That even as babies we develop aversion to the unfamiliar sounds reasonable. Adults overthink and overuse it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    That notion also disregards the fact that babies also often flip out when they see a man with a beard, or a man that is distinctively different than anyone the baby has seen before. If the baby has seen nothing but blonde people, seeing people with dark hair can produce anxiety. The truth is that at different stages of development, babies react to people differently. Do you suppose that in the deep south when the caretakers of wealthy people's infants were black that they reacted to skin color? Babies are fine with anyone they see on a regular basis. They go through stages where they are hyper vigilant about anything they don't recognize and then those where they like everyone.
    What? Apparently, you didn't actually read any of the articles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    That even as babies we develop aversion to the unfamiliar sounds reasonable. Adults overthink and overuse it.
    The studies, such as they are, show much more than that. It's suggested that babies begin to use race as an identity marker (i.e. as a way of dividing the world into groups) early on. Moreover, the researchers are not very comfortable with the results but have the integrity to report them with as little spin as possible.
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