Posted on 10/14/2012 5:16:21 PM PDT by massmike
Stereotypes always hold a grain of truth, if not a whole cornstalk.
How about a skeleton, holding iced tea & skittles, lying upright on the front lawn? Halloween fun!
“stereotypes are not just wrong — they are dangerous. He said he felt vulnerable after Trayvon was shot.”
Oh please! Who were the people most threatened when word of this incident spread?
Get real!
Just like the crapola that “Americans” would attack en masse every turban-wearing brown guy. It was total crap. So it is with “whites are going to attack me!” Boo hoo.
Stereotypes are what keeps officers from getting shot and people out of harms way too. Stereotypes are formed when we see a pattern repeat with certain events or behaviors that culminate in the same end result. Sure, prejudging someone without knoing them may be prejudicial but if I see a pale white man with a teardrop tattoo next to his eye he’s probably a convict that probably just got out of jail. If I see a young woman with short shorts and lots of makeup standing in the street and cars keep pulling up and she disappears for a while, she’s probably a hooker. If I see a black man in a jacked up Cadillac with gold rims and there’s smoke in the car he’s probably getting high on weed. Maybe we need to call things as we see them instead of lying for a change. It might make society grow up.
Sometimes prejudice is earned.
My husband and I were out in the car a fair distance off the Las Vegas Strip at about 10 am one day. Both of us said simultaneously, “Hooker’s out early,” as we passed a woman on the sidewalk. If it walks like a duck, err in this case a slut.... God gave us a brain and expects us to use it, as well as discernment.
The Obama Spring is coming.
What could go wrong?
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