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Please understand I am just trying to explain a viewpoint, not necessarily state my personal beliefs. I think the argument is that you won't notice when a whit
by DanielStraight 13y ago
Please understand I am just trying to explain a viewpoint, not necessarily state my personal beliefs.
I think the argument is that you won't notice when a white male is tidy. You notice a black person with a clean car because subconsciously you don't expect it. So even a positive thought or comment (a tidy person with a clean car) becomes racial because it would never have come up with a white male.
See also: "articulate"
- yannyu 13y agoRe: the "articulate" thing, I'm sure some of the engineers on YC have heard something along those lines from people before. I've heard people say "you communicate really well", "you're very articulate", or "you're surprisingly outgoing" about pretty mundane activities. Yes, it's a compliment, but in some of those cases the underlying assumption is that "computer" types aren't great at that sort of thing.
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- theorique 13y agoI know some people think that way, and racialize everything. I admit that I just don't get this point of view. I really don’t. I aim, and generally succeed, at being as color blind as possible. To me a person with a clean car and nice clothes is a person with a clean car and tidy clothes. I don't get surprised when that person turns out to be a black female or a white man. Same thing with a person at the opposite end of the spectrum - i.e. a nasty car and dirty clothes. While one could stereotype blacks in this situation (“ghetto”), or whites (“hillbilly”), why would you do that?