Stereotypes (WAS Slut!Seamus and other ships)

[jeffl1965]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> 
wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Jeff wrote:
> 
> >It's going to be an uphill battle for the good ones to 
> > disprove the facts and the stereotypes. We have several black 
> > families living on our street and they're all as nice and quiet 
as 
> > the rest of us. It's only the ones that move into the rental 
house 
> > down the street that always cause problems. 
> 
> I only have one issue with this, I think.  I'm not sure it's really
> fair to say that some members of a minority group have an uphill
> battle to disprove the stereotypes about other members of the 
group. 
> (Correct me if I misunderstood, though, Jeff).  The minority group
> members who are not engaged in bad behavior shouldn't have to fight 
a
> battle at all, I would hope.  I mean, if people looked at minority
> group members as individuals rather than lumping them together and
> generalizing, then the stereotype would vanish all on its own 
without
> any members of the minority group having to do anything differently,
> I'd say.  
> 
> So in the case of your neighborhood with both polite minority
> residents and troublemakers, I'd say the polite residents should 
just
> keep on keepin' on, and nothing more should be expected of them.  It
> sounds like some of your neighbors (assuming some of them see the
> behavior of some minorities as reflecting on other minorities) may 
be
> the ones who may need to adjust their attitudes.  
> 
> JMHO, of course!  ;-)
> 
> Cindy -- wishing Jeff's polite neighbors would move in next to her


   Jeff:

   Well, Cindy, I agree with your statement that nobody *should* have 
to prove anything. The sad facts are that society doesn't always work 
as common sense dictates. :(  Minorities, regardless if it's a race 
or sexual nature, always seem to have to fight for any kind of rights 
or respect.  Again, this is *not* my beliefs, only what I've noticed 
over the years. In a perfect world, we wouldn't even have to be 
having this discussion, but sadly, we don't live in a perfect world.
   You're more than welcomed to move in next to our neighbors if you 
wish. :) We'd love to have more courteous people here. :)


   Jeff