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>[WS:] What this story illustrates is stereotyping - which is an integral
>part of human cognition. We all do it in all social situations. It is hard
>wired in our brains. It is not possible to get rid of it without
>lobotomizing people.
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>Stereotype is a cognitive response to emotional reaction to something that
>may pose a threat 9which is pretty much reflexive).....You see a
>members of an ethnic group that is known to have a higher
>probability of committing a crime. Your automatic emotional response
>is fear, which your "thinking brain" (cortex) is trying to resolve by
>utilizing information available to it.
This is bollocks. The guy I was talking about is fucking crazy. He wasn't thinking about someone committing a crime against him. You're running on your own steam here and this line about "members of an ethnic group that is known to have a higher probability of committing a crime" is Imus territory.