The Psychology of Perception Part 1 

Studies show that our genetics affect our personality/behavior by 20-30%. We are a mix of nature & nurture. These archetypes refer to both & how that affects our social structure. As expected the predator archetypes are getting a bit triggered. Love yall!

Sounds like broscience

this isn't bro science, it's just understanding that social development informs our habits/behavior which then encode into our nervous system. it's not a justification for bad behavior/suffering- it's an explanation for inherited trauma and informs us that we can alter these biosocial proclivities! We can recondition the nervous system to embrace oneness and dissolve what post-colonial power structures have programmed and encoded into our bodies. i believe that this is the best explanation we have for hive mind, desires to categorize and differentiate humans into groups, etc.... you're exactly right, don't let these youtube comment buffoons make you feel small

I just walked into the wrong room again

Thank you, Nelson!

Allow me to flip it a little bit. I completely understand what you're saying, and I agree to an extent, but I think it works both ways. So basically it's based upon perception and interpretation. If someone already has a pre-existing belief structure or model of reality that is based upon being a "prey" or a "victim" then they may be more likely to interpret external stimuli in a way that aligns with that belief, even if it was not meant that way. Like a lens, or filter on the world. If you keep having it repeatedly drilled into you how oppressed you are and how much people of another race have it in for you, that's going to be your unconscious bias explanation for every dirty look you get, every slight bad thing that someone else does to you who happens to be from another race - will now be attributed to racism where it may not have been anything to do with race. Everyone is doing this allllll the time, with everything in life. People look for patterns based on prior beliefs and experiences and then construct an internal narrative that makes sense based upon our expectations.

Actually pretty good take. But also it's up to the individual to assess their environment and through will power attempt to change their innate biology (how they perceive, act, think, react). So that it may possibly change just enough so that their offspring are better suited for the environment. And can thus populate more greatly due to that new adaptation.

So, psychological eugenics? I understand the motivation behind the conviction, but attempting to explain away racism with epigenetics is shaky at best. Your framework is grossly uninformed to the myriad of factors involving human epigenetics in the realm of psychological mechanisms and behavior.

You attribute far too much to genetics. Similar to the essentialism underlying racism.

Interesting video but I have to ask, how much influence does the parents who went through oppression have on their children in terms of teaching them their old habits and beliefs? I’m just curious to know if this is replicable in a scenario where the child who was born into an oppressed family tree was sent to a far off land during infant years, a land where certain races oppressing others does not exist or at the very least the oppressive roles are different. Would the child unconsciously view certain skin colors as potential threats in this instance?

This is like saying "I'm a fat loser because of epigenetics" and then feeling good about yourself. You started off well, talking about an interesting concept but then began yapping about generational trauma and lost me.