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Is it inappropriate somehow that I feel incredibly happy that it's not some 20-something dude of African American descent who lifted the goods? At least innocen

Is it inappropriate somehow that I feel incredibly happy that it's not some 20-something dude of African American descent who lifted the goods? At least innocent folks walking along the street won't get harassed by the cops... I had my laptop and backpack stolen from our office in the Mission 2 years ago, it was broken into on a Saturday while I went out for dinner with the team before coming back to grab my backpack. That time, against my hopes, it really was a pair of African Americans. I was pretty mad because they'd taken my passport with it, which I had brought into the office to take copies of. The stuff was never tracked down and I don't think those guys were caught either. I just hope innocent people weren't harassed by the cops in the process =/

camus2 13y ago
> Is it inappropriate somehow that I feel incredibly happy that it's not some 20-something dude of African American descent who lifted the goods? Well since the thief is white blond girl! Because i'm black and I know the distrust i get everytime I go somewhere. Call me paranoid, i'm not. People are. Anyway i'm sure it's not the first time she does that.Pretty sure the victim would not have let her laptop on the table if a black person was sitting next to her.
dfc 13y ago
I can't tell if you are asking if it is bad that you: (A) expected it to be a black person or (B) were delighted that the outcome was not what you expected
- omonra 13y ago
  I think it's both.
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fallinghawks 13y ago
If you're African American, I don't blame you. Muslim Americans go through the same sense of relief when a terrorism-type crime happens and the perp is not Muslim. AAs who perpetuate the stereotypes make you cringe.
- keerthiko 13y ago
  I'm a somewhat dark Indian, who grew up in the Middle East (and have a passport full of Arabic text and stamps), so I am subjected to a colorful variety of stereotyping, but each to slightly lesser extents. So even though I'm not AA, yeah, seeing one of them perpetrate the stereotype really makes me have an inner battle to treat the next AA I interact with, as a respectable human being. And that's just depressing, because I'd hate to be treated like most of the negative stereotypes I could be associated with.

camus2 13y ago

> Is it inappropriate somehow that I feel incredibly happy that it's not some 20-something dude of African American descent who lifted the goods? Well since the thief is white blond girl! Because i'm black and I know the distrust i get everytime I go somewhere. Call me paranoid, i'm not. People are. Anyway i'm sure it's not the first time she does that.Pretty sure the victim would not have let her laptop on the table if a black person was sitting next to her.

dfc 13y ago

I can't tell if you are asking if it is bad that you: (A) expected it to be a black person or (B) were delighted that the outcome was not what you expected

omonra 13y ago
I think it's both.

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fallinghawks 13y ago

If you're African American, I don't blame you. Muslim Americans go through the same sense of relief when a terrorism-type crime happens and the perp is not Muslim. AAs who perpetuate the stereotypes make you cringe.

keerthiko 13y ago
I'm a somewhat dark Indian, who grew up in the Middle East (and have a passport full of Arabic text and stamps), so I am subjected to a colorful variety of stereotyping, but each to slightly lesser extents. So even though I'm not AA, yeah, seeing one of them perpetrate the stereotype really makes me have an inner battle to treat the next AA I interact with, as a respectable human being. And that's just depressing, because I'd hate to be treated like most of the negative stereotypes I could be associated with.