“It is unknown if there is one, or multiple suspects involved. There is one suspect described as a black male, with dread locks, wearing a black shirt and a skinny build.“
My best story about this is when an (asian female) friend drove me to work when I was younger, she was eating spaghetti, off of a plate, with a fork...while driving. We were only going about 10 minutes down the road but I have never been more scared for my life in a vehicle.
I didn't know why she had to choose to do it there and couldn't wait the 20~ minutes or so to get back home either. When I brought it up years later she just had no recollection so I can only think it never even crossed her mind if she should or shouldn't do shit like that while driving.
Stereotypes are just our brain using shorthand and prior memory to avoid working hard and jumping right to the conclusion. This is a system that wouldn't work if it was consistently wrong. We wouldn't have evolved the ability to do so as it would have fucked us constantly.
What is the next number in this sequence? 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, __?
The answer is -3. You're stereotyping that the sequence is 2^n. Really it was just "numbers I like to write down". And you may say that's unfair and stupid, to which I reply "stop stereotyping". It's a stereotype that mathematical sequences make logical sense.
And it's also how society managed to stop living on open plains eating rotten berries. How humans didn't go extinct. Tiger = bad = stereotype. Not all tigers are dangerous. But stereotypes are generally speaking true (because if they're disproven enough, they're replaced by a new stereotype), and not only are they usually true (or close enough), they're HELPFUL. I know the difference between Joe and Carl because I discriminate between their traits. But a random stranger? I need to use general rules, stereotypes, because I can't discriminate between them and the general population.
The "stereotype" that the newspaper is complaining about is that there's a tendency for drunken young black men to get into fights on 6th Street in Austin. And what happens (like what happened in the last shooting on 6th Street) sometimes is that these guys pull out guns and try to shoot the other guy that they're mad at. There's a consistent fucking pattern, so yes, this specific stereotype is rooted in truth.
They'd only be useless if they were suppose to report facts. They seem to be exceedingly good at their actual purpose, which is crafting a narrative. That's what's beyond appalling about them.
Society has way too many media personalities, we need less of them. Less journos, less anchors, less talk show hosts.
Whatever happened to reporting? Not journalists, not narratives, not even "stories" - just plain boring factual reports of what's happening.
Was a fantasy that never existed
Cops solving crime and reporters going after a story only happen in the movies and on TV.
They've infiltrated and taken over most of those outlets.
Bullshit. If there was any profit or control to be made in delivering the facts to the public they would be doing it already.
The Clintons are seeing to that as we speak.
“It is unknown if there is one, or multiple suspects involved. There is one suspect described as a black male, with dread locks, wearing a black shirt and a skinny build.“
Stereotypes are rooted in truth.
As someone who lives in a city where Asians are the majority, the stereotype about Asian female drivers is 100% accurate.
I can also attest to the stereotype about rural whites loving guns.
My best story about this is when an (asian female) friend drove me to work when I was younger, she was eating spaghetti, off of a plate, with a fork...while driving. We were only going about 10 minutes down the road but I have never been more scared for my life in a vehicle.
I didn't know why she had to choose to do it there and couldn't wait the 20~ minutes or so to get back home either. When I brought it up years later she just had no recollection so I can only think it never even crossed her mind if she should or shouldn't do shit like that while driving.
As an asian can confirm.
Stereotypes are just our brain using shorthand and prior memory to avoid working hard and jumping right to the conclusion. This is a system that wouldn't work if it was consistently wrong. We wouldn't have evolved the ability to do so as it would have fucked us constantly.
Anyone who says they are wrong is usually lying.
Stereotypes are general trends.
What is the next number in this sequence? 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, __?
The answer is -3. You're stereotyping that the sequence is 2^n. Really it was just "numbers I like to write down". And you may say that's unfair and stupid, to which I reply "stop stereotyping". It's a stereotype that mathematical sequences make logical sense.
And it's also how society managed to stop living on open plains eating rotten berries. How humans didn't go extinct. Tiger = bad = stereotype. Not all tigers are dangerous. But stereotypes are generally speaking true (because if they're disproven enough, they're replaced by a new stereotype), and not only are they usually true (or close enough), they're HELPFUL. I know the difference between Joe and Carl because I discriminate between their traits. But a random stranger? I need to use general rules, stereotypes, because I can't discriminate between them and the general population.
The "stereotype" that the newspaper is complaining about is that there's a tendency for drunken young black men to get into fights on 6th Street in Austin. And what happens (like what happened in the last shooting on 6th Street) sometimes is that these guys pull out guns and try to shoot the other guy that they're mad at. There's a consistent fucking pattern, so yes, this specific stereotype is rooted in truth.
Stereotypes wouldn't exist if they weren't true
Someone already said it yesterday but...
The whole "harmful stereotypes" line gives the race away immediately.
Victims can’t commit crimes
They'd only be useless if they were suppose to report facts. They seem to be exceedingly good at their actual purpose, which is crafting a narrative. That's what's beyond appalling about them.
This isn't even a stereotype, we know blacks do a lot of shootings.
It was a dark skinned white man! Also a likely republican!
Heard shouting "dis iz MAGA kuntri!" while hurling frozen blocks of laundry soap.
Turns out stereotypes are basically true.
A capital-M Mass shooting sounds like something that happened to Easter Worshippers.
"Easter worshippers" was easily the most blatant propaganda I've ever seen, and I'm not a young man.
Stupid autocorrect apparently thought I meant to say the shorthand for Massachusetts instead of the much more common word "mass".
'Suspect' preassumes suspicion. We should have a vote on how does suspecting this persxn makes us feel.