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Originally posted by ktsnake
It's something that really needs to be discussed in America as a whole -- the perception of minority "communities" as monolithic entities. When one member does something, why does that reflect on every other member? When so many blacks are in prison, should I look at the blacks that I work with or go to school with as if they are going to commit some crime against me? (the obvious answer is no).
I guess that's one of the luxuries of being white though in America. People don't look at me and pretend to already know what political party I belong to, etc.
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It's called "othering". We need to know who to point our fingers at and and say "that's the bad guy".
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