Analysis Of Are Humans Hard-Wired For Racial Prejudice By Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau, an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian quotes “Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.” From the millions and millions of snowflakes that exist each is crafted completely individual and unique. This goes not only for snowflakes, but to human beings as well since society is made up of people with different races, religion, culture, thoughts, opinions, sexuality, and backgrounds. Because of this diversity in the world, we should be able to accept individuals that differ from oneselves because it can create a personal impact and create a better society. However, if we do not receive people who classify themselves as diverse it
Sapolsky reveals how the brain automatically reacts with discrimination when people are shown a picture of an individual of a different race. To illustrate, “Numerous studies have found that if you put someone in a brain scanner and show him brief flashes (one-20th of a second) of emotionally neutral faces, the amygdala activates if the face is someone of a different race” (2). The fact that the brain automatically reacts with unfavorable thoughts or actions when an individual of a different race is displayed shows how little to none we have developed as a society. Since ancient times people have been placed in different groups categorized as either the less significant race or the superior race, and because discrimination goes far back as to ancient times, it has been passed throughout generations and inherited almost as a gene. Certain people unconsciously generated this way of thinking from either their relatives or personal experiences, so handling how your brain instantly reacts to a person of color can be quite difficult, making society lack the one object that it needs to flourish, acceptance of