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Old 10-19-2007, 11:00 AM
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This is spot-on - it's not surprising that confirmation bias is the strongest force in most people's impressions of race.

Besides this, I think there's a strong tendency among the general population to write off things they don't understand as "genetic" which is clearly incredibly dangerous.
I completely agree.

And when people start to experience things that counter their preconceived notions, they write it off as "exceptions."

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Also LOL at "my comments were misconstrued" - not hard to parse something like "anyone who has worked with a black person knows what I'm talking about," you senile douche.
LOL.

It's the typical "damn...I said that...time for damage control."
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