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Stereotyping someone by something that you assume they chose is also a gateway to prejudice. @NeedMoreTea said it right by mentioning cases where someone might
by inetknght 8y ago
Stereotyping someone by something that you assume they chose is also a gateway to prejudice. @NeedMoreTea said it right by mentioning cases where someone might not have chosen their particular attire.
- sosborn 8y agoIt works on a macro level though. You have to be ok with idea that the stereotype isn’t 100% perfect, it’s just used to get a majority of your target market.
- ben_w 8y agoOver the last two years, I have witnessed many demonstrations of normal people totally failing to understand “group x tends to be more y” — “but”, I have seen many retort, “I’m x and not y!”, as if the statement had instead been “all x are y”.
- lupire 8y agoYeah, you have to be OK with the idea that you are part of system that has systemic discriminatory effects. It still stinks.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoIt also begs the question of whether we have any more free will in fashion choices than we do skin color.
- inetknght 8y agoI can see an argument for that but I don't think it's a valid assertion. People can change opinions. They can't so easily change their skin color.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoYou can change opinions, but it is unclear whether you have free will over the change.