AuraMaxxing
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When an Indian guy happens to do something, let’s say he happens to not greet someone who greets him while walking on the street (I picked an example which isn’t a common stereotypes because I do realize there are cultural things and things that may be true such as Indians not wearing deodorants but that’s not the point.)
In this case the person, instead of just thinking that person is rude and treating him as an isolated case, would extrapolate that incident and generalize the whole group of Indians to be rude and non friendly.
This doesn’t apply to White people, recently I was on the bus and there was this crackhead white guy who smelled horrible but guess what, no one is going to generalize that to the whole group (rightfully so), in fact people won’t even associate crack and cocaine use primarily with white people since we are able to perceive them as individuals.
Ethnics don’t have that privilege, as an ethnic you’re not just representing yourself, you’re always representing your whole ethnic group at large. Your actions affect the perception of your whole group, and while that is wrong and we hope we can see a different world, for now you must adapt and realize that you must do everything in your power to always put out a good image for your people.
In this case the person, instead of just thinking that person is rude and treating him as an isolated case, would extrapolate that incident and generalize the whole group of Indians to be rude and non friendly.
This doesn’t apply to White people, recently I was on the bus and there was this crackhead white guy who smelled horrible but guess what, no one is going to generalize that to the whole group (rightfully so), in fact people won’t even associate crack and cocaine use primarily with white people since we are able to perceive them as individuals.
Ethnics don’t have that privilege, as an ethnic you’re not just representing yourself, you’re always representing your whole ethnic group at large. Your actions affect the perception of your whole group, and while that is wrong and we hope we can see a different world, for now you must adapt and realize that you must do everything in your power to always put out a good image for your people.
