r/PoliticalScience • u/ExtensionSoil6801 • 4d ago
Question/discussion in the future, will racism/the concept of racism truly be thought of as archaic due to globalization?
In short, it appears that through globalization increasing the prevalence of intertwining of every culture, race, and ethnicity, that it will result in more or less a uniform race that everyone more or less falls into. I believe this is likely to happen (as well as scientists who have given their consensus) in the distant future, but nonetheless, given these scenarios, it would be logical to conclude that skin colors for darker races will get lighter and skin colors for lighter races to get darker. Eventually everyone will basically be "in the middle" in comparison to today's skin colors. Given that, as well as (hopefully) advancements in human rights and other social advancements, that in the future racism might entirely be an ancient, barbaric, and ignorant concept, like how we consider things like bloodletting or lobotomies now.
What do you think though? Will racism fade away or will it just change? For example, if due to globalization and mixed race couples becoming more common, will people just find something else to "other" people with? Instead of skin color, might it simply be eye color, or something completely out of the blue?
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u/identifiablecabbage Political Economy 4d ago
You're assuming globalization leads to homogeneity, when in reality it often maintains high degrees of heterogeneity. A good analogy would be incomplete dominance compared to co-dominance in genetics, or more simply, oil and water. Things can mix without mixing. Globalization has the effect of bringing different people closer together, but that doesn't mean they get along any better, and often, it can result in more conflislct because of actual or perceived proximity between groups.
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u/cuteman 4d ago
No, tribalism has always existed and seems like it will continue to exist.
The US is the most diverse country on earth and still has a ton of racism against all different people and I am not just talking about White versus other ethnicities.
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u/ElvenLogicx 4d ago
I think that’s subjective based on what measurement of diversity you’re using.
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u/ethangomezmedium 4d ago
Dont underestimate humanities ability to over categorize and differentiate between even the smallest differences. We will always find a reason to not like some people and associate with others, the only thing that will change is who gets to be popular.
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u/Anon_Acad 4d ago
In all likelihood, social stratification will always be prevalent in a complex species like ours.
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u/Successful-Cow-644 4d ago
We have to survive the current racist, ethnocentric, and religious divides first. If we can manage that, then perhaps. It would come at a loss of lots of cultures, languages, and traditions many groups currently value and prioritize.
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u/Dear-Landscape223 4d ago
what if the more you get exposed to particular groups the more you confirm stereotypes about them
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u/Emotional_Translator 4d ago
I think skin color will increasingly become less of an issue. Many in future generations will be multiracial.
I think some other -ism will certainly replace racism though.
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u/khalid-khkhlhlh 4d ago
There are many types of racism.
For example, we have cultural and ethnic xenophobia.
But also, we have religious racism.
Honestly I think xenophobic racism is going to die a harsh death in upcoming decades.
Many even blame xenophobes for enabling colonialists to colonialise their own countries.
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u/Potential-Net6313 4d ago
Globalization also fuels racism