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I think GP's point was that if black men/the rich are expected to do bad things, that will make it more likely. There are plenty of reasons that could be true,
by dash2 6y ago
I think GP's point was that if black men/the rich are expected to do bad things, that will make it more likely. There are plenty of reasons that could be true, for either group. For example, if you have already decided I'm a bad person, I lose nothing by living up to that.
- pydry 6y agoBlack men living in the inner city stand to lose everything up to and including their life by "living up to that" and will garner almost no sympathy for doing so, even from close relatives. Certainly some do live up to their stereotype out of spite and end up paying the ultimate price for doing so. A rich person, is, almost by definition, shielded from the consequences of their actions so they can afford to act out of sheer spite toward the rest of society and get away with it.