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(03-25-2012 09:00 PM)sylo Wrote:  

It is interesting to watch the response from the black students posted up after the incident. When a black person 'messes up' so to speak, taking this chick for instance, black people take it personally. Every African American stated that it made blacks look bad. Something I just noticed, and find very interesting, is that as a white person, I dont have the same perspective. Take, for example, Bernie Madoff. This man ruined the lives of hundreds of people. Yet not once did I think he made white people look bad. Maybe it is due to blacks having a more sensitive view of race in the first place? Anyone with any insight on this? I would love to hear any thoughts from fellow black members.

A lot of whites already have a negative stereotype of minorities (mainly Latinos and blacks). Stupid shit like this just reinforces those thoughts and you know it. It sucks having to break out of stereotypes just to show that you're different than what people expect.