Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?

Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @05:42PM (#34239196)

It sounds like you agree that it's racism, or whatever, when we demand that inspirational figures have a specific characteristic but feel lack of acceptance of people as people is initially subconscious and so is excusable even when being consciously acted on?

I'm thinking

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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by PartiallyTyped on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:50PM (#34249725)

I don't think it's racism or any -ism of that kind any more than it is difficulty relating automatically.

I am fairly certain that this is something that can be trained, but the degree to which I can relate with a man with ABC properties (except gender) will almost always be less than the degree I relate to a woman with ABC properties as gender is also included.

These decisions are always made rapidly, unconsciously, and when we have very little information about a person other than what we can immediately observe.

Changing the image that we have about people with other properties alleviates this.

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