I'm still a little shocked with how much diversity of sexual orientation, race, and gender is pressed, when for the vast majority of people they'd be happy to accept those things, given the person was from the same *culture.* Culture's the actual dividing thing here.
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My parents were super pro people of other races, happily had non-white friends with zero issues... as long as they were all devout Christians.
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crude but real measure of progress: what % of white Americans today would be upset if a Nigerian computer programmer who wore button-down shirts and khakis moved in next door? I think it’s very low but used to be much higher
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Reminds me a bit of classical & medieval Europe; race was not that big a deal, but language/citizenship/class/religion were important.
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To be fair there are actual conflicts that arise from cultural differences. Unlike skin color, which has about zero consequence on your behavior
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Intersectionality is the current theme… as stupid as that is… you and I have more in common than we are different… though the thinking is to focus on the differences and assign value to them.
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There's that research references in The Secret of Our Success about babies preferring to learn from people who sound like mom to those who look like mom.
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