Well, Deri,
I must tell you - what seems to be missed here - is the stereo type about white people. I live in DC. I love the way - the black people here stereo type us - just becasue we are white and our lives are so easy - we don't have problems - its best to realize the knife cuts both ways - I am with Ken on the black people I know are better off than I am. Bigger houses, nicer neighborhoods, better lives ( no 11 hour work days for them) better education, sororities and frats, gold watchs, Movodo's, cruises and fancy vacations - its freaking shame the true issues never get addressed that the poor no matter what color get shafted - it so easy to pick a scapegoat, and never look at the real cause. Maybe becasue I live in a major metro area things are different - the company I work for is really equitably racially and foreignly represented - of the 61 people in the office - 16 are black, 16 are foreign, that's little more than half. but of the 61 - only 28 are female. Our team of eleven is pretty equitably - 6 women - 5 guys - 5 black, 5 white and 1 foreign. And I must tell you the black ladies I work with have lovely lives and kinda fit the stereo type work wise, come in at 10, leave at 4, have at least an hour lunch, have great yak sessions, lots of phone time, and have a TV running soaps all day.
Trisha
> On Friday 21 Nov 2003 10:03 pm, you wrote:
> > So I wont add to the list...I will say that I have a daughter...NDA...23 yo
> > college student. Who happens to drive a Mustang GT Convertible. Shes
> > stopped all the time...so I have to disagree Its not a black/white thing.
> > She drove a Hyuandi for 7 years and was never stopped. Had the Mustang for
> > 3 months and has been stopped 3 times...from illegal lights..which she
> > didnt have...to running a policeman off the road 2 hours earlier...which
> > she didnt do...to just stopping her for the Hell of it. My NDA 17 year old
> > son drives an Neon R/T...hes pulled over even more than she is...for no
> > apparent reason...
>
> You are right Betty, its not just a black/white thing, however what you are
> describing above is the police reacting to perceived stereo types. A 17yr old
> male driving a Neon R/T = up to no good.
>
> Stereo types exist because they are a form of 'lazy thinking', its a form of
> short hand, you don't have to think too hard if you compartmentalize
> everyone into nice neat pigeon holes. But, if you happen to belong to a group
> which has a widespread negative stereo type it means odds of success are
> stacked against you. We all rail against the negative stereo type of being
> disabled when searching for employment, but it seems we employ the same
> 'short hand thinking' to other groups in society.
>
> Stereo typing people also has a self fulfilling element, "Disabled people are
> not as good employees as the TABs (if they were there would be a lot more
> disabled people in employment)".
>
> > If you or I were faced the charges that Michael Jackson faces...DYFS would
> > have been to our homes and taken our children away. He spent what an hour
> > at the police station? My brother in law got stopped last week in NYC for
> > making an improper turn...and actually spent the night in jail...handcuffed
> > and shackled...with people charged with murder. Jackson is back in LV.
> >
> > I believe in the Innocent until found Guilty thing as well. OJ got off?
> > Did that make him innocent?
>
> Afraid it did. I may not like the guy, I may wish the justice system was
> nearer perfection, but it would not be fair to treat him as guilty after his
> acquittal.
>
> > Something to think about for sure...
> >
> > Have a great weekend...
> > Betty
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
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