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Originally Posted by RealJames
There's a pretty large gray area between justifiable generalizations and outright racism, and which side a comment lies on is so very subjective.
The fact is generalizations are necessary, it's not feasible for anyone to have an absolutely clean slate every time we meed someone ......
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Very true! I grew up interacting with people from many nations and the impressions made on me by people from those countries have stuck with me despite efforts to erase them (especially the unfavorable ones!)
All I can do is remind myself of how likely those memories are to influence my perceptions and conciously negate them when they begin to surface. And I have learned to err on the side of caution and regard any generalization more likely to be offensive to someone, than not.
Unfortunately I have met far too many people who are either unaware they are doing this, or who see no problem with prejudice.