What is character/persona ?

[Majed]

I was thinking about this topic, and i realized that when most people talk about racism, what they're really talking about is character/persona. For example if you don't like mexicans, it isn't their ethnicity that you dislike, but their character/persona. There are a mexican character/persona. Now not all ethnically mexican people will have a purely mexican character, some mexicans have a more pronounced american character if they live in america for example. Which is why a lot of what we call racists tell you that they aren't racist because they have a friend from the ethnicity they are talking about. Which is correct, what they dislike isn't the ethnicity but the character/persona. Now most people's characters and personas are a unique mixture of their nationality, ethnicity, subculture, religion, skin color, passions, sexual orientation, life orientation whether they are materialistic or spiritual, social class, education level, intellectual abilities, etc...

Same with homophobia, homophobes do not dislike gays per se, they dislike the gay character/persona. Which is different. 

People are comfortable with people who have similar character/persona to them. Which is why a lot of women like gay men, because they both have feminine characters/personas. 

I think this is a really deep topic, and very interesting. 

[Majed]

You guys are really going to sleep on this banger that i wrote? 

@Olaf @Sincerity @Inliytened1 @LordFall

And the others.... 

What do yall think ? 

[yetineti]

I think you’ve identified how different cultural phenomena, stereotypes, and social expectations can sometimes supersede race itself in how people perceive others. But that doesn’t change the fact that some people genuinely dislike or reject others simply because of their skin color or ethnicity, regardless of their character or personality.

I think the same distinction applies to homophobia, although a lot of that seems rooted more in outright rejection of homosexuality itself rather than just stereotypes associated with gay people.

You’re identifying a real dimension of prejudice, but I don’t think it necessarily explains away racism or homophobia as distinct forms of discrimination.

 

[Jirh]

Racism does not target character or persona, it's a blind hatred that targets anyone that belongs in a certain category.

Also, homophobia cannot be reduced to hating character or persona. It's more learned/ideological.

[Joseph Maynor]

We need to get clear of how we are defining terms.  In Jungian Psychology "Persona" is the social mask we present to the world, which allows us to function socially, but may conceal aspects of our authentic personality.  

[Jirh]

11 minutes ago, Joseph Maynor said:

We need to get clear of how we are defining terms.  In Jungian Psychology "Persona" is the social mask we present to the world, which allows us to function socially, but may conceal aspects of our authentic personality.  

Yes, that is important. I missed it.

[Joseph Maynor]

4 minutes ago, Jirh said:

Yes, that is important. I missed it.

Or maybe not.  We do not need to define terms either.

[Jirh]

Just now, Joseph Maynor said:

Or maybe not.  We do not need to define terms either.

I think it depends on the source of needing to define. It can be healthy or unhealthy.

[Schizophonia]

On 06/11/2026 at 0:01 PM, Majed said:

You guys are really going to sleep on this banger that i wrote? 

@Olaf @Sincerity @Inliytened1 @LordFall

And the others.... 

What do yall think ? 

Identified persona : nobody cares about me 🤔

 

The paradox is that without going into details this reverses when there is no more resistance.

[yetineti]

@Schizophonia

What are you trying to say?

[Hojo]

Trauma. If you rid yourself of all trauma theres no reason to self reflect. You self reflect out of fear.

[integration journey]

Fuck around and find out. 

[Rafael Thundercat]

Watch thea movie Soul by Pixar.

 

[yetineti]

@integration journey @Rafael Thundercat @Hojo

I don’t know what you guys are trying to say either.

[Schizophonia]

21 hours ago, yetineti said:

@Schizophonia

What are you trying to say?

I like to pinpoint people's subconscious intentions and patterns in general.

He starts a thread that attracts no one (or at least not quickly enough for his liking) and even complains about it then. I therefore logically conclude that he has an attention-seeking issue; a persona articulated around this problem. 

[yetineti]

@Schizophonia

I see what you mean now. I hope you diagnose yourself as much as you do others. It's hard to tell what benefit your comment had or how it addresses this thread specifically, now that I understand it. What use is there in your comment to you?