I am by no means condoning that they shouldn’t know what they are doing, or saying that racial profiling is right. However I am saying that I don’t know of anyone that just profiles people to be doing it, it must be a subconscious thing that we do.
Looking at this in a different prospective, an entrepreneur building a subdivision that he hopes grows into a rich community, probably wouldn’t want to sell the first fifty houses out to Mexicans or blacks, just based on a stereotype. This is wrong, I know that people have this preconceived notion of not wanting to live in a subdivision and be the minority, but people should realize that others cannot help their origin. I don’t know why people make such a big deal about all this. What does it really matter; they are people just like I am.
It pisses me off to see someone making fun of another’s skin color or origin. There is one thing that does bother me though. It is when a person of a different race portrays that stereotype and just tries to stand out in the crowd. Of course we are all different but damn, what is up with the shorts and a belt but you wear them down at your knees, this is not an exaggeration either.
Based on the reading we did I find it amusing that people make a big deal about it. It also posed a question to me that if it is illegal to do this in person why isn’t it illegal to do it on the phone, but how can you prove if they are telling the truth or they are giving you an answer based solely on you race or ethnicity. The reading did open my eyes and I will try to be conscious and not profile on the phone however.
I took a break from writing this and went out to the store. I had in mind what I was writing about and believe it or not this is what pulled up next to me. I found it very ironic speaking of stereotypes, and found some humor in it.
I will let the reader caption it for themselves.
3 comments:
You are completely right about the fact that some people might not be stereotyping a person on purpose, but they still are. I went a high school which bascially had all white kids at it, and my senior year the county made some maybe 5 black kids go to it to segregate the school. It always made me mad to see how people would treat these black kids differently. Anyway I agree with what your saying about the whole rascism concept in America, and I think your picture pretty much somes up how the majority of America feels this subject.
I completely agree that some people assume the negative sterotypes of a culture just bring attention to themselves. In high school there was this senior who, though he incredibly bright assumed the role of a red neck, and when I say red neck I mean RED NECK. This guy found for his senior prank it was cool for him and a bunch of his friends to drive to school with an army of lawn mowers. Now granted, that is not so bad. However, when this guy went for a job interveiw he would show up in jeans, a t-shirt, and with a trucker cap of some sort. Still worse, he sometimes showed up right after hunting. Of course, the people around him had faustered this exageration for so long that he assumed that everyone would respond positively to it. Of course, assuming the negative roles of a culture makes the communcations with those of different ones even more unlikely.
I agree that people most likely subconsciously profile people very quickly with out realizing it. And i believe that it depends on how that person deals with the situation after that. Of course, pepole have a vision like you explained about certain only by the way one dresses like having jean shorts down to your knees making them pants. I believe that you have really proven your opinion strongly and passionately.
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