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race based prejudice is a fact
How many races are there in homo sapiens classification?
race based prejudice is a fact
How many races are there in homo sapiens classification?
Did the black kid get away with the bike?I posted this video on another thread, but I think it deserves its own discussion.
This is a direct, yes-or-no question: Does racism occur in this video?
there shouldnt be any race in homo sapiens in fact
because we are not part of the horse family
I would suggest Google before clicking Post...
I posted this video on another thread, but I think it deserves its own discussion.
This is a direct, yes-or-no question: Does racism occur in this video?
No. It's profiling.
...with a racist result.
They might or might not act differently. But it doesn't change what happened here. They made decisions based on race, and not much else.If this was a black neighborhood where whites seldom visit and the opposite scenario was presented, do you think the black people who stolled by would act any differently? I don't think it would be much of a stretch, drawing on some racial stereotypes, to suggest that if a white kid was trying to steal a bike in a black neighborhood, they wouldn't be calling the police, they'd be calling friends to participate in or watch the white guy get whooped.
My point was that the scenario presented in the video wasn't typical of places where whites and blacks intermingle - pretty much all of the people who went by were white with the exception of the three black women and then the camera guys were probably waiting all day for somebody black to go by so they could set up their story agenda.
If this was a place where lots of whites and lots of blacks walk by regularly, you'd get a far better appreciation for what part race is playing in the dynamic as opposed to what "difference" is playing in the dynamic.
Absolutely not. That thinking is the problem.
Okay Maggie, you tell me: what was the profiling based on?
They might or might not act differently. But it doesn't change what happened here. They made decisions based on race, and not much else.
No. It's profiling.
To be able to answer, the same thing would have to be done with a white guy stealing a bike in an African-American used park.
It may be Xeonophobia, not racism.
I am curious as to the difference. Profiling base on actions (someone breaking a lock), maybe even clothing, might make some sense, but race? Isn't that really racist to base it on race?
Is there ever a valid reason to stereotype? I'm trying to think of some.
Is it ever wise to profile?
I posted this video on another thread, but I think it deserves its own discussion.
This is a direct, yes-or-no question: Does racism occur in this video?
Not when crime statistics support the profile, Boo. When we start denying reality in the guise of political correctness, who's being stupid?
:2razz:What kind of white guy would be stupid enough to go into an African-American park? :shock: Much less, steal a bike.