Many people do not realize that they carry this bias within them, but ...
When black people and white people do the exact same things, they view them as more harsh when blacks do it. And have more sympathy and leniency when whites do it.
When black people and white people do the exact same things, they view them as more harsh when blacks do it. And have more sympathy and leniency when whites do it.
And, on the other side, when the exact same things happen to blacks and whites, they’re seen as less severe when they happen to blacks. And more concerning when it happens to whites.
Obviously, to various extents, this can go both ways. But I see this part of the societal bias.
Obviously, to various extents, this can go both ways. But I see this part of the societal bias.
If a lot of my white friends get mad and raise their voices in anger when in public, people are like “that guy really should calm down.”
If I lose my cool, somebody’s gonna think “OH MY GOD ... IT’S HAPPENING! MY DAD WARNED ME ABOUT THIS. IS IT TIME TO CALL 911??”
If I lose my cool, somebody’s gonna think “OH MY GOD ... IT’S HAPPENING! MY DAD WARNED ME ABOUT THIS. IS IT TIME TO CALL 911??”
If any one of my white friends were to be murdered, the first thought of most would be sympathy for the victim.
If I were to die, there would be a healthy share of people watching the news whose first thought would be “what did he DO??”
If I were to die, there would be a healthy share of people watching the news whose first thought would be “what did he DO??”
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