Blog #4. Hate, natural or constructed?

Is hate a natural trace embedded in our genes or are constructed by society and it’s manufactured? This questions raises up a bunch of different arguments but however I argue that it’s a natural trait that isn’t brought up on its own but by society. So I argue it’s a combination of both natural and constructed. It isn’t evident to announce that it is a natural trait because there’s no scientific study on a hate gene. But dating back to violence and evolutionary period, what cause violence is hate and fear. I mean people who love and smiling at each other don’t beat each other up, it’s when people are mad, angry, fearful that takes place during the pre-violence period. For example in a mixed urban school with a bunch of pre-k and kindergarten children, do these kids understand race, gender and hate? Do you hear a 5 year say he hates a kid because he’s black or because he won’t give him the red crayon? Most likely because he won’t share the red crayon, now do you see this playing with another black kid saying he hates him because the other kid who was black didn’t give him the crayon and your same kind. Absolutely not, it is the adults that feed these kids hate. Now I give you this to think about, hate is a natural trait but the way it manifests, is on the construction of society. preschool kids don’t know race and don’t bother themselves about it, it is when they start their grade school years and are constructed by the media, friends, family and parents that they manifest this social constructed illness.