But then I'd be prejudiced. Stereotypes exist because they have a certain good degree of accuracy, but that doesn't make them right. For the sake of that one person in that group that didn't do anything wrong, I have to try and be fair to the whole group.
replyThis is where you use this stereotype to do a more detailed evaluation of the person to decide if they're safe/worth engaging with, or avoid them entirely if it's not worth it to you. You might bring in other stereotypes at this point and apply this process recursively until you have no more statistical regularities to use to guide your behavior.
replyThe funny thing is that if they recommended guessing based on race, rather than gender and age, the comment would be downvoted to hell.
replyFunny how? Are you suggesting some races are more violent? Not all immutable characteristics are made equal.
replyThe correlation between race and violent crimes, particularly in the USA, is well-studied.
replyNo, no it isn't.
replyhttps://www.theglobalstatistics.com/united-states-crime-stat...
reply> African Americans are the primary group arrested for murders, robberies, and weapons violations, despite representing only 13 percent of the total US population. Meanwhile, the share of violent incidents involving black offenders (25%) was greater than the population percentage of black persons (12%), highlighting disproportionate representation in violent crime statistics.
Hmmmm, I wonder why black people are arrested more.
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