even i do it on occasion
we always just have to qualify any generalization about whites with “well...there are bad ones”
then when generalizing about any minority we always qualify the other way...
blacks...well....there are good ones Sowell and Watts or “I have one black guy in my town and he's votes GOP”....that one always kills me..a well known northern poster always says that one
or lib Jews...well there is mark Levin...the great one
or latinos...hey now..Ted Cruz or Rubio...or “now I have a Mexican neighbor and he's great”
muslims...now lets’ don't forget the moderate peaceful ones
i probably qualify my generalizations less mostly being from a majority black environment as a white guy most of my life
but i do it too...in polite company...it's a reflex...we are like trained dogs
but the real kernel is:
they don't ever do it about us when discussing us
you're a good guy...not picking on you just observing you doing same thing i often do
>> why do we always qualify [one way or the other]
Manners and convenience I suppose.
Unfortunately, blunt, critical analysis isn’t worth fending off the undisciplined scorn one is guaranteed to receive in the realm of casual, public discourse. I guess I’m lazy in this regard.
I’ve surmised there is no racial generality impervious to another. I can draw hard lines on philosophy, religion, and gender, but not race nor intelligence (regardless of gender.)