Re: OT: Prejudice/Racism

Dude, just get a T-shirt that says "I mace Black People" and wear it
over your coat every day and be done with it.- Hide quoted text -

lol

Did you see that episode of Runs house where Kid Rock was wearing a
shirt that said "I Love Black People'? Kid rock is local and while I
dont watch that show they talked about it on the radio this morning.
For those who do not know him though Kid Rock is a good guy and has a
big heart.

I never mentioned race nor did I specify any group. A little FYI
Tim. I live in Dearborn, MI which is the largest population of Arabs
outside of the Middle East and about 10 minutes away from Dowtown
DETROIT which has a majority African American population and I live
about 15 minutes away from 'Mexican Town', 'Greektown' and 'Poletown'
as well.

Basically what I am saying is that I live in a very diverse area and
have small prejudices against all of them.

To expound on that last statement: Like Johnny and Chris were
discussing it IS a mistake to think that just because the majority of
a certain group may act in a certain way the mind has no choice but to
make the corelation if its experience is the same more than it is
not. And while I say 'prejudices against all of them' please do not
misinterpret that to mean I dislike any of those 'groups' I do not,
but rather have what I call prejudices or view them prejudicialy as in
if I see a Mexican dude in Mexicantown I know with a high probability
that he works in one of the restaurants in that area. That is not
'bad' it is a characterization which I kind of put in the prejudice
file because I will make an assumption like that based off the 'group'
he belongs to. Is it the case everytime? Absolutely not, but will
think it until proven otherwise and in this specific example I
probably will never speak with this guy nor will I proababy ever see
him again, but is it such a bad thing that I thought for one minute
that the guy works in one of the restaurants?
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