I had a conversation with one of my professors today regarding prejudice and if such a thing has a biological or cultural basis. I would like to take my stance and put it on canna.com hopefully for beneficial and lively discussion.


I took the path of most resistance with this one and sided with prejudice having more of a biological basis, my logic resting on the fact that every human and most of the higher mammals display prejudice selection when the opportunity arises.

I attribute this to the way that a lot of the 'thinking animals' categorize information. Our brain organizes everything we see that has comparable value and stores it for survival in later situations where a decision needs to be made quickly. Most often these things are arbitrarily seen as either good or bad, but rarely equal.

a very lose but relate able example.
You go to your favorite diner, and your order the steak and eggs, The waiter politely asks if you would like to try an omelet, they are the special for today and would only cost you a dollar.
Although you are not in a rush, not very hungry, and have tired of steak, its been a long time since you last had an omelet (and never one at this location).
The situation you were in when you last had one, was not the best (since childhood, and maybe mom wasn't the best cook) so you tell him no, i do not like omelets.

He goes on to tell you that they are very good, no one ever complains about them, the reason why they have a special for them today is because they are so widely popular and if you don't like it, you can have it for free, and he'll get your steak ready just in case.

You think for a second, and then state once again, that you don't like omelets.

is this to be considered an example of prejudice?
The cultural part of prejudice, is disliking others that 'are the same as us' . We are a complex animal, and have taken every smaller biological issue and made it more complex.

Every animal has sex, we have the karma sultra

they have shelters we have sky rises

the need for dominance, inferior racial groups. (now everyone who looks like me can be on top too )

we compound already complex issues.


to me, prejudice is biological, it starts very deep. it starts at the basics of how we view our world and the funny part is: we need it. Without the categorization of information, without prejudice there would be no preferences, no likes or dislikes, no 'culture'.

I strongly believe prejudice is something that comes with the ability to think freely.

What do you think?

Sorry if i didn't express my ideas clearly, I have a habit of doing that.


prej·u·dice (prĕj'ə-dĭs) pronunciation
n.

1.
1. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.
2. A preconceived preference or idea.
2. The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions.
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