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So you are making a general argument on the toxic role such generalizations have? ;) I understand where you are coming from, but I feel like jumping to conclus

• coldtea 9y ago
  >So you are making a general argument on the toxic role such generalizations have? ;) Yes, on the toxic role SUCH (not ALL) generalizations have. So no need for sarcasm ;) (Generalization, I'd say, is both the start point of knowledge, and the start (or maybe end?) point of prejudice. It's a tool. If it's not representative, or if it's representative but misreads the causes why it is so -- e.g. "blacks are overrepresented in jails because they're an inferior race with crime in their dna", it's harmful. Otherwise, it allows us to use abstractions, which elevate our thinking just like a higher level programming language does).