One of the more interesting stories in this regard that I have seen (that highlights the inanity of it) was in an Episode of Babylon 5 (a 90's science fiction TV show, one of the better ones).
Every so many years, one of the alien races (the Drazi) has this thing that happens--and it was causing a LOT of problems (mostly violence) on the Babylon 5 station. When the station personnel investigated they found that it was a fight between two political factions: purple and green (harkening back to the byzantine chariot race team riots).
How were the factions chosen? It wasn't a question of ideology or policy. They lined up and grabbed a scarf out of a bin of mixed scarves--if you pulled green you were green, purple you were purple. Two scarves were special.. whoever pulled the special scarves were the leaders of the faction.
It was both hilarious and yet a telling indictment of how we differentiate ourselves often on the least pretext.
I would have said Money trumps Race but it may amount to the same thing. Thinking of Katrina. It wasn't racism that killed; it was poverty, not having the resources to save themselves (or be saved).
I would argue that ambition and greed are independent of class, though usually aimed at "improving" one's socio-economic class--the problem in a lot of cases is that even if you get rich or influential, in the end you are still one of those "other people" to the group you are trying to become a part of.
Class trumps race.
Any difference trumps cohesion.
If there isn't difference we will create it.
I believe this is an unfortunate truth. I have seen it happen in very small groups and it is simply shocking.
One of the more interesting stories in this regard that I have seen (that highlights the inanity of it) was in an Episode of Babylon 5 (a 90's science fiction TV show, one of the better ones).
Every so many years, one of the alien races (the Drazi) has this thing that happens--and it was causing a LOT of problems (mostly violence) on the Babylon 5 station. When the station personnel investigated they found that it was a fight between two political factions: purple and green (harkening back to the byzantine chariot race team riots).
How were the factions chosen? It wasn't a question of ideology or policy. They lined up and grabbed a scarf out of a bin of mixed scarves--if you pulled green you were green, purple you were purple. Two scarves were special.. whoever pulled the special scarves were the leaders of the faction.
It was both hilarious and yet a telling indictment of how we differentiate ourselves often on the least pretext.
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I would have said Money trumps Race but it may amount to the same thing. Thinking of Katrina. It wasn't racism that killed; it was poverty, not having the resources to save themselves (or be saved).
Yeah, and it was racism that prevented people from getting out -over that bridge. Racism that spread the "FEMA Camp" conspiracy.
Ambition and greed trumps race.
That's what I said! ;D
I would argue that ambition and greed are independent of class, though usually aimed at "improving" one's socio-economic class--the problem in a lot of cases is that even if you get rich or influential, in the end you are still one of those "other people" to the group you are trying to become a part of.
No, he means social-economic status.
Yes, what Terry said. Thanks Terry.