tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post6667373487608186490..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Williams Syndrome Kids Show That Racism Requires Social FearGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-56475598663990010482010-04-21T11:26:58.143-04:002010-04-21T11:26:58.143-04:00No dodge, just good sociology. Color is not a goo...No dodge, just good sociology. Color is not a good indicator of culture.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-44420009318888857082010-04-21T08:57:26.808-04:002010-04-21T08:57:26.808-04:00Nice dodge.Nice dodge.fwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-66012847374037794342010-04-19T10:47:55.085-04:002010-04-19T10:47:55.085-04:00I know that color is not a good indicator of wheth...I know that color is not a good indicator of whether I will like someone.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-17236895157063030962010-04-19T10:09:13.447-04:002010-04-19T10:09:13.447-04:00Gruntled said...
Three year olds will openly stat...Gruntled said... <br />Three year olds will openly state that they like children who are the same color as they are. Most adults don't.<br /><br />Here is a simple question for you.<br /><br />Do you like adults that are the same color as you?fwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-29591645098215221722010-04-17T16:28:42.033-04:002010-04-17T16:28:42.033-04:00Three year olds will openly state that they like c...Three year olds will openly state that they like children who are the same color as they are. Most adults don't.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-32028646755541751692010-04-17T16:01:38.653-04:002010-04-17T16:01:38.653-04:00You state that "adults of every level of inte...You state that "adults of every level of intelligence get more sophisticated about not simply preferring their own group to others." Really? Have you every walked through the cafeteria at large corporations? I worked at a corporation and in our building, we have about 4000 engineers (fairly intelligent group). Go through the cafeteria and you will see table after table grouped by race and we are not grouped like that in the departments. I believe you would see this in universities and corporations alike. There are no race issues in our building but there is security and comfort in being with those who are like you and who understand you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-86730479979933448252010-04-16T09:26:09.865-04:002010-04-16T09:26:09.865-04:00A truer title would be " People with severe m...A truer title would be " People with severe mental retardation are not racist". Duh!<br /><br />Sounds like agenda pushing to me. How astonishing!Fay W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-39743505358979783142010-04-15T21:34:15.288-04:002010-04-15T21:34:15.288-04:00i'm really surprised that 3 yr olds prefer the...i'm really surprised that 3 yr olds prefer their own race. i havent observed that.<br /><br />the toddlers i've seen seem pretty oblivious to racial differences.<br /><br />in any case, i don't think a child of that age should evr be categorized as 'racist'. no little tyke has enough agency or ego strength to be mmuch of anything except a voraceous learner.randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-70798471048371494342010-04-15T09:46:50.029-04:002010-04-15T09:46:50.029-04:00True. And the study was of three year olds. Adul...True. And the study was of three year olds. Adults of every level of intelligence get more sophisticated about not simply preferring their own group to others. Nonetheless, the disparity between sex typing and race typing is really striking.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-58032412284041613272010-04-15T09:35:28.614-04:002010-04-15T09:35:28.614-04:00The article neglected to mention that those with W...The article neglected to mention that those with Williams Syndrome typically have IQs in the 60s, which is about 35 points off the norm. In other words, they're mentally retared.Black Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347464061061628147noreply@blogger.com