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Now try being an “unaccompanied male” on a playground filled with children and see what happens. https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/police-called-after-man-se

by 300bps 8y ago

Now try being an “unaccompanied male” on a playground filled with children and see what happens. https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/police-called-after-man-seen-14990130 https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/police-called-after-man-... People make judgments about other people. They base them on a mixture of accurate, incomplete and inaccurate data. They base them on their own biases and perceptions. They base them on their own agendas and lack of time to explain them. These events aren’t article worthy.

throwaway-hn123 8y ago
It's a shame that your harmless hobby of hanging around childrens' play areas has caused you harm.
jmull 8y ago
People do make biased, inaccurate, and incomplete judgements about others. But should everyone really just shut up about it and accept it? If everything can’t be perfect, we shouldn’t try to improve anything?
- 300bps 8y ago
  People do make biased, inaccurate, and incomplete judgements about others. But should everyone really just shut up about it and accept it? If it’s something significant, then deal with it. If it’s something insignificant, then yes it’s better to move on. You could spend your entire life correcting people’s misconceptions about you and people will still have misconceptions about you.
cco 8y ago
I would encourage you to join people like the author as I hope she would join you in condemning the prejudice against me in places with children rather than try to say, "yeah but this is worse!"
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blunte 8y ago
It was all going ok until "These events aren’t article worthy." :) They are worth us reading and thinking about, because it helps remind us that while our assumptions allow us to operate fairly efficiently as humans in a complex world, they also need to be tested periodically - especially where our assumptions can negatively affect others.

by 300bps 8y ago

throwaway-hn123 8y ago

It's a shame that your harmless hobby of hanging around childrens' play areas has caused you harm.

jmull 8y ago

People do make biased, inaccurate, and incomplete judgements about others. But should everyone really just shut up about it and accept it? If everything can’t be perfect, we shouldn’t try to improve anything?

300bps 8y ago
People do make biased, inaccurate, and incomplete judgements about others. But should everyone really just shut up about it and accept it? If it’s something significant, then deal with it. If it’s something insignificant, then yes it’s better to move on. You could spend your entire life correcting people’s misconceptions about you and people will still have misconceptions about you.

cco 8y ago

I would encourage you to join people like the author as I hope she would join you in condemning the prejudice against me in places with children rather than try to say, "yeah but this is worse!"

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blunte 8y ago

It was all going ok until "These events aren’t article worthy." :) They are worth us reading and thinking about, because it helps remind us that while our assumptions allow us to operate fairly efficiently as humans in a complex world, they also need to be tested periodically - especially where our assumptions can negatively affect others.