The first friend I had outside my cousins was a black kid; I am certain that has immunized me against fetishizing black folk either way, either as dumb criminals that need to be watched, or as dumb victims of "structural racism" that must be protected by ever-so-wise white liberal "heroes".
Folk is folk, and while there may be tendencies in folk, I think that is mostly cultural.
Finally, any given individual can be a genius or a sociopath, so tendencies ought to be ignored in most situations
althouh if you're a black guy and you see a bunch of guys in white robes moving towards you, I'd suggest going with the generalization!
Generalizations can be accurate, as much as they can be false. They are useful guides for expected outcomes based on previous situations of similar nature. They can accurately describe. People in one area, under a different culture, norms and tradition will act according to generalized behaviors from common ideas, that differ from others. The closer you get to individual objects, things, or people, the less effect a generalization can have, as the specifics are from where the general is formed, but the general has the commonality of the specific, the universal categorization has the commonality that associates the individual.
Thanks for the feedback ;)
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