Babies are already racist by nine months old, study finds

[STEVEN SEAGOLD]

We tend to see children as innocents – but it turns out the seeds of prejudice can be sown very early in life.

Two linked studies at the University of Toronto show that infants aged six to nine months can already show racial bias.

Two experiments showed that infants ‘preferred’ to look at faces of members of their own race – and associated them with ‘happy’ music.

In another experiment, babies ‘followed’ the gaze of a woman’s face – and were more likely to do so when it was a member of their own race.

The finding suggests that even at six to eight months of age, infants are biased towards learning from members of their own race.

‘The findings of these studies are significant for many reasons,’ said Dr. Kang Lee, professor at OISE’s Jackman Institute of Child Study, a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and lead author of the studies.

‘The results show that race-based bias already exists around the second half of a child’s first year.’

https://au.news.yahoo.com/technolog...-racist-by-nine-months-old-study-finds/#page1

Sensitivity and anti-racism training are new/current solutions that many sectors of employment have chosen to go down.

"Sensitivity training is a type of group training that focuses on helping organizational members to develop a better awareness of group dynamics and their roles in the group. The training often addresses issues such as gender and multicultural sensitivity as well as sensitivity towards the disabled"

It could have great application and effect in kindergarten/pre school format. Primary schools and high schools already do some form of this.

 

[RIPWarrior]

Of course only white babies are racist.

 

[Witchhunt]

Dogs even sooner.

 

[STEVEN SEAGOLD]

Of course only white babies are racist.

You sound upset.

 

[RIPWarrior]

This is truly awesome. If we can take white babies away from white families we might be able to train white babies to hate each other, their culture and country.

 

[bobgeese]

And people wonder why nobody takes the left seriously anymore...

 

[RIPWarrior]

You sound upset.

You sound creepy. But that's to be expected from a hive drone.

 

[STEVEN SEAGOLD]

This is truly awesome. If we can take white babies away from white families we might be able to train white babies to hate each other, their culture and country.

You are having a full blown melt-down.

Nowhere did it state anything about white people. You are experiencing race based stress, which you are unfamiliar to. Dr. DiAngelo coined this phenomena "White Fragility". It's a common theme in the conservative/Trump movements. Such delusions include the notion of "White Genocide" everywhere and anywhere. Whether it be South African Politics, or who was cast in the new Star Wars movie.

"White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress be- comes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation."

 

[goldennirvana]

Further proof of what I've always known to be true: racism is natural.

 

[nostradumbass]

I saw that on Tucker Carlson at the gym. His intro was "You see these babies? Cute, right? Well we've had to blur their faces because I've got some bad news. These babies are bigots."

 

[RIPWarrior]

You are having a full blown melt-down.

Nowhere did it state anything about white people. You are experiencing race based stress, which you are unfamiliar to. Dr. DiAngelo coined this phenomena "White Fragility". It's a common theme in the conservative/Trump movements. Such delusions include the notion of "White Genocide" everywhere and anywhere. Whether it be South African Politics, or who was cast in the new Star Wars movie.

"White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress be- comes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation."

You're a creepy drone. This is obviously meant for white people.

 

[faustian]

It almost seems as if people might be born with "racist" preferences

 

[Renard]

Jordan Peterson talked about unconscious bias several times, it has no scientific rigour. Not to mention nobody has the right to police your thoughts, based on bad science to boot.

Babies are completely dependant on their caregivers, it makes sense that they're tuned to physical appearances that they associate with safety. Fuck the social scientists for trying to associate this with "prejudice". Disgusting ideologues with an agenda.

 

[Xhizors]

I'm seeing this as a defense mechanism and it looks pretty obvious to me. Babies can't be racists.

Edit. Oh, 9 months old... hum... maybe they already can. I wish I knew...

 

[RIPWarrior]

I'm seeing this as a defense mechanism and it looks pretty obvious to me. Babies can't be racists.

Edit. Oh, 9 months old... hum... maybe they already can. I wish I knew...

Parents should not be allowed to raise their children. Only white people are racist. The state should intervene for the greater good of humanity.

People of color are born oppressed and victimized by white supremacy. They can't be racist.

 

[Xhizors]

Parents should not be allowed to raise their children. Only white people are racist. The state should intervene for the greater good of humanity.

People of color are born oppressed and victimized by white supremacy. They can't be racist.

They can't be racist, but maybe they can troll?

 

[WiolentOne]

Dogs even sooner.

 

[Deleted member 457759]

They're almost literally attacking babies now...

 

[Deleted member 281203]

y'alls parents smoked a methcrack combo during their pregnancies with some of you?

bs study, doesn't even warrant 30 seconds of sources checking (even though i did it).

go back to the crack, nothing to see here except insanely uncontrolled "research" and your average conservatard "results."

/COMING TO YOU FROM A MEMBER OF THE COMMON SENSE PARTY (LIKE CHECKING SOURCES, IDENTIFYING BULLSHIT, ETC. ETC.)

 

[MiniCraque]

Jordan Peterson talked about unconscious bias several times, it has no scientific rigour. Not to mention nobody has the right to police your thoughts, based on bad science to boot.

Babies are completely dependant on their caregivers, it makes sense that they're tuned to physical appearances that they associate with safety. Fuck the social scientists for trying to associate this with "prejudice". Disgusting ideologues with an agenda.

Nowhere did the researchers associate this with "prejudice". The study isn't about making people feel bad about themselves, it's about identifying just how deep-rooted racism can be. At a point in your life where you're learning the most basic parts of being a functional human being (moving, communicating, etc etc), you're also learning to associate the color of the skin of people around you with comfort and safety. You can relax, nobody is saying these babies OR their parents are awful human beings.