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