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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2010, 06:56:29 AM »
I think we have now firmly established that Brits have no exclusive rights to the word actually, and Americans actually use actually several times throughout the day.
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2010, 01:33:46 PM »
Actually I try to reinforce stereotypes that apply to me as often as possible. :P  I love Stereo.  Mono was kind of sad.

On a serious note, IRL I am a mix racially, philosophically and politically.  I do tend to project certain stereotypes because I continually meet people who decide, based on appearances, that I don't belong to one or another group.  It's a knee jerk reaction, an means of amusing myself at their expense.

For example, I have an ethnic and spiritual heritage (one of several) that has a very pronounced identity.  I met someone in another venue, who I share this heritage with, but who is very different from me in other areas.  Now I see that as an opportunity for healthy debate and interesting conversation.

Now here's the irony, this person no longer practices the spiritual heritage and I am an avid student, yet this person speaks in a very condescending way trying to "educate" me.  My natural reaction is to be frivolous and to act as clueless as this person expects.  I feel compelled to reinforce the stereotype he has applied to me.

The Truthiness of stereotypes is a pretty comfortable playground.
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2010, 04:48:32 AM »
<shrug>   I don't really pay a lot of attention to stereotypes, or the way other people act.  Let them be whatever the want, IMO, so long as they aren't trying to hurt me or people I love.
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2010, 05:57:17 PM »
The Truthiness of stereotypes is a pretty comfortable playground.

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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2010, 01:44:07 PM »
I last person I met who made racist comments was a guy from India. He made some generic comments about black people that you might see on TV. He just got off the boat as they say so I think he watched too much TV. I yelled at him and told him you can't talk like that in the US. I think I scared him enough to shut him up. Makes me wonder what American stuff is on TV in India.

I worked with another guy from India who asked a guy from Thailand if it was true that Thai people eat their babies. He read it somewhere. Note this guy was in an arranged marriage. I asked him how got along with his wife and all he could say is "we have a child together". So I guess that is what mattered to him.

I work in IT in the DC area. So there are people here from all over the world.

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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2010, 06:41:17 PM »
Everybody is a racist.... most whites avoid the subject like the plague which proves our bias. (I'm being adopted soon so I'll be Hispanic... I don't have to prove it, the government has to disprove it and my mom will show up as Hispanic so it's all good!) Some are just worst than others
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2010, 07:15:00 PM »

I'm racist against individuals who have proven to me that they deserve to be prejudiced against.
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2010, 07:22:50 PM »

I'm racist against individuals who have proven to me that they deserve to be prejudiced against.


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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2010, 04:00:05 AM »

*rolls eyes*

No, only against individuals that deserve it haha.
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2010, 02:08:09 PM »

*rolls eyes*

No, only against individuals that deserve it haha.


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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2010, 04:52:17 PM »
Translation-

Eero: Where am I and what am I doing here? Also, when are the auditions for Ringmaster? I look good in a cape.
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2010, 05:24:22 PM »
Translation-

Eero: Where am I and what am I doing here? Also, when are the auditions for Ringmaster? I look good in a cape.

Well, I certainly DO look good in a cape.
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2010, 07:09:12 PM »
Translation-

Eero: Where am I and what am I doing here? Also, when are the auditions for Ringmaster? I look good in a cape.

And a top hat.


Well, I certainly DO look good in a cape.
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2010, 07:32:29 PM »
Translation-

Eero: Where am I and what am I doing here? Also, when are the auditions for Ringmaster? I look good in a cape.

And a top hat.


Well, I certainly DO look good in a cape.

Sneaky, miyabi, sneaky. However, you left your prints all over your slanderous tampering with the evidence.

(though, i do look a rather dapper fellow in a top hat as well.)
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Re: People who re-inforce stereotypes
« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2010, 10:46:44 PM »
Translation-

Eero: Where am I and what am I doing here? Also, when are the auditions for Ringmaster? I look good in a cape.

And a top hat.


Well, I certainly DO look good in a cape.

Sneaky, miyabi, sneaky. However, you left your prints all over your slanderous tampering with the evidence.

(though, i do look a rather dapper fellow in a top hat as well.)

Haha.  I failed to scroll down far enough. xD
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