Discrimination is an initiation ritual to enter society. We all face some form of discrimination at some point in our lives. Agree or Disagree?

[thegreenyogi]

[OneViewpoint]

It has been an initiation ritual by default but it shouldn't be. Stupid, insecure, greedy people cling to the idea of "guilty until proven innocent". While we tell ourselves we're more evolved than that and we're all about "innocent until proven guilty" And unfortunately there are a lot of stupid, insecure, greedy people.

• "I got mine, fuck them."
• "Equal is unfair to me because I've always had more and I'm entitled to more."
• "If they have more, I'll have less."
• This is different. Change scares the shit out of me."

In the USA we initially had primarily English and German colonization plus African slaves early on. Every new group since then Irish, Scottish, Italians, Polish, Spanish, Greeks, Chinese, Japanese, Latinos, Muslims, plus the Africans have all been vilified and ostracized for decades or centuries by Whites desperately living in fear that all the people they fucked over are gonna turn around and fuck them over as payback.

The USA is a shit show of fear and insecurity.

[HawkPerception]

Depends on the region you grow up in. If you're an African born in Africa, who is not bad looking and not great looking either, you're not likely to be discriminated at all.

On the other hand if you're an unattractive Indian living in say... Europe, you're likely going to face a fair bit of discrimination in your life.

There are so many reasons for discrimination that it's true that it's unlikely you'll face absolutely no discrimination in life.

You can be discriminated against for ethnicity, weight, height, physical attraction level, intelligence, diseases, mental conditions, hygiene, wealth, and so much more. And it all stems from differences. The more differences you have with someone, the more likely you are to be discriminated against.

But again, if there are very few differences and you don't stand out much, you're much less likely to be discriminated against. There are a few people I'm sure who have face little to no discrimination in their lives.

[Zack-Bann]

I think people don’t discriminate at all are dishonest, they’re forcing themselves to pretend to be enlightened.


Not saying people should discriminate to be authentic but I am saying that the natural instinct to do so is involuntary.


Where intelligence comes in is recognizing the faulty logic and choosing to treat people equally unless they prove unworthy of it.

[msc545]

No discrimination is nothing natural ritual at all. It is hard to know what the opium means exactly by discrimination, but I am thinking of not receiving consideration or employment based on someone's skin color, which is extremely prevalent in the US. Recently it's gotten to the point where if you don't have the right skin color in the US, you may very well get sent to another country. Possibly one more that you've never been to and were not born in because the government here now only wants white people in the US. There are many other ways you can be discriminated against too, but the operative Factor right now at least seems to be skin color.

[Cidknee]

Naturally! But the liberal would deny this. Whites NEVER face discrimination. And don't even know the meaning.

But we do.

[Spencer10]

Agree. It is a test we face to determine what kind of human you are.

[sage2021]

@Spencer10

And to find out what kind of humans they are that causes people to discriminate against them. They aren't angels 😇 ya know!!

[Pterodon]

Disagree. The only people that have legal discrimination are minorities that hang on to affirmative action because they’re incapable of competing on equal terms. They’re inferior

[Shiprex]

I think we do based on stereotypes prevalent at different junctures in time.

[LC75LC71]

That is life. Shit you should've seen the '80's..

[Snakeyes7]

Of course. You engage in discrimination when you choose to buy one product over the other.

[KostasKouvalis]

You mean like "welcome to the real world". Sure

[Chazmatazz269]

Agreed

[RavVid]

Tend to think so.

[Paige2006]

Agree