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<blockquote data-quote="seji93" data-source="post: 3033458" data-attributes="member: 217620">But generalising by skin colour is exactly what you are doing. You are not saying: &quot;I hate rapists,&quot; you are saying &quot;I hate Africans because they are rapists.&quot; That is racism and it is downright ignorant.If my study of Human Rights has taught me anything it is to disregard race, ethnicity, and religion as causal factors because the same human rights abuses are committed everywhere regardless of the cultural context. Rape and other violence against women is an astoundingly good example, albeit a horrific one: One in every three women in the world will be physically or sexually abused in her lifetime. In some countries it is higher, in few countries it is lower.Less developed countries (and less developed areas of developed countries) tend to experience more severe and widespread human rights abuse because of their structural conditions. Underdevelopment and abject poverty results in few opportunities for education, social and cultural development, and political expression and participation.&nbsp; Thus outdated cultural practices and repressive traditions continue and even flourish.On &#039;honour killings,&#039; such as the stoning of victims of rape, you can be certain that your ancestors engaged in similar activities (no matter where you come from). What has changed for you is the structural conditions that frame your existence and determine your social outlook. In most places where &#039;honour killings&#039; survive as a legitimate practice the structural conditions have changed little or even gotten worse over the last century.Race is the most superficial and erroneous of scapegoats for explaining behaviour.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="seji93, post: 3033458, member: 217620"] But generalising by skin colour is exactly what you are doing. You are not saying: "I hate rapists," you are saying "I hate Africans because they are rapists." That is racism and it is downright ignorant. If my study of Human Rights has taught me anything it is to disregard race, ethnicity, and religion as causal factors because the same human rights abuses are committed everywhere regardless of the cultural context. Rape and other violence against women is an astoundingly good example, albeit a horrific one: One in every three women in the world will be physically or sexually abused in her lifetime. In some countries it is higher, in few countries it is lower. Less developed countries (and less developed areas of developed countries) tend to experience more severe and widespread human rights abuse because of their structural conditions. Underdevelopment and abject poverty results in few opportunities for education, social and cultural development, and political expression and participation. Thus outdated cultural practices and repressive traditions continue and even flourish. On 'honour killings,' such as the stoning of victims of rape, you can be certain that your ancestors engaged in similar activities (no matter where you come from). What has changed for you is the structural conditions that frame your existence and determine your social outlook. In most places where 'honour killings' survive as a legitimate practice the structural conditions have changed little or even gotten worse over the last century. Race is the most superficial and erroneous of scapegoats for explaining behaviour. [/QUOTE]

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