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Originally Posted by scoreman
I never said there was a racist community. All I was pointing out was that lack of education and intelligence are not prerequisites to be a racist. Some of the scariest racists I met where these two guys in the dorms at Berkeley who were good ol boys from Alabama and Tennessee. Both were very very intelligent. One went on to be a surgeon and the other is a lawyer on Wall street from what I was told. I never met anyone more convinced that blacks were an inferior lot than these two.
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What we observe sometimes tests our intellect and our Will by playing with our emotions. Sometimes it is all too easy to come to a conclusion without regard for any other mitigating factors that may not be as apparent. The educated are usually less susceptible, but are not immune from this. And certain types of education are less concerned about human relations than others. For example, somebody learning math or certain types of law receive quite a different education than somebody who studies philosophy, anthropology, and biology. Studying higher math is by and large an abstract study and doesn't usually lead directly to asking the 'how's and why's of human behavior. The person studying all of the above, ideally would have the opportunity to be the most well rounded.
In the end, I suppose it's a personal decision, sometimes made consciously and subconciously by our experience, knowledge, and upbringing.