{"id":16503,"date":"2026-03-18T22:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=16503"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:17:37","slug":"2026-03-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2026-03-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>11 a.m., March 22, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\nOur society condemns racism, a word loaded with negative connotations.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also an uncomfortable word. Over the decades, we have heard of concepts associated with racism: stereotypes, microaggression and privileges. The slow introduction of these words reflect our society\u2019s gradual and uncomfortable acknowledgement of certain facets of racism.<\/p>\n<p>Still, we don\u2019t have the complete picture. What is racism? The presentation is to analyze racism and find the causes. Basically, racism is the intersection of three psychological dynamics of human beings:<\/p>\n<p>discomfort caused by difference<br \/>\ndifferent treatment due to power differences<br \/>\nmistreatment due to problematic human desires<br \/>\nWe are going to examine these dynamics in detail, like discomfort leads to avoidance. Unfamiliarity leads to distrust\u2026 and many others. It\u2019s about human behaviors. Afterwards, you may understand others better. And you may see yourself differently.<\/p>\n<p>Racism is not an evil that can be killed. It is part of human nature, similar to greed or aggression. It needs to be watched within us; we just need to know where to watch. A strong sense of justice and a caring heart, like we humanists try to develop, can reduce it further.<\/p>\n<p>Please come and find out.<\/p>\n<p>About the presenter:<\/p>\n<p>Emma P. is a humanist. She has spent a lot of time thinking, observing and analyzing the problems of our society.<\/p>\n<p>She came to the US as an Asian teenager. Even though she ventured into many groups of white people, during the first 3 decades in the U.S., the word \u201cracism\u201d rarely entered her mind. She didn\u2019t know enough about racism.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, she was drawn to every single discussion on racism she knew of. She found them unsatisfactory.<\/p>\n<p>After almost five decades living the U.S., she began to see the pattern of racism that nobody talks about. She wants to share her realization with the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1176071689?h=2d01e30109\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1176071689\">03\/22\/2026 Racism: From Condemnation to Awareness<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/hcsv\">Humanist Community-SiliconValley<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>Attend in Person:<\/b><br \/>\nJoin fellow Humanists in the Sequoia Room of the Los Altos Community Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/ZLpF9koVy7WszVtG6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">97 Hillview Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022<\/a>. Lunch will be served after the forum. 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It\u2019s also an uncomfortable word. Over the decades, we have heard of concepts associated with racism: stereotypes, microaggression and privileges. The slow introduction of these words reflect our society\u2019s gradual and uncomfortable acknowledgement of certain facets of racism. Still, we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2026-03-22\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Racism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[243,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16503"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16530,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16503\/revisions\/16530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}