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Why do people automatically jump to race? (see details)

Asked by Facade (22937points) April 25th, 2011

I’ve been wanting to ask this for a while, as it makes no sense to me… Also, sorry this isn’t worded in the best way!

Example: If someone sees a group of Black people being loud and carrying on, they might say Black people are so loud! without noticing that the people bothering them are also young teenagers. Why not say teenagers are so loud?

That’s just one mediocre example, but hopefully you understand what I mean.

What’s up with that?

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