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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
I thought they did what you describe already; like targeing all blacks between 15 and 35 for drugs, or all bald or buzzed whites as skinheads. also targeting all white teens who wear black as potential threats to killing students in their high schools. Nothing new in that list. It's called stereotyping correct???
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Talk about hitting the nail on the head! This pretty much says it ALL. "Stereotyping", although a "bad" word in todays society, is basically the result of the longest research ever conducted. And by REAL people! And Im sure many people are glad they exist. I have MANY muslim friends. But on my flight from Atlanta to Boston last year, when there were TWO bearded, inconspicuously dressed Muslim men who were about 25-30 years old, and the ONLY two people who didnt have ANY carry-ons, I watched em. Watched 'em like a hawk. And I guarantee if I was sitting next to Mr Reid, and he started f***in' with those shoes while I was on that plane, he would have never made it to prison...If the London Transport police had been checking bags on "random" people, The 7-7 bombings probably wouldnt have happened...
We have ALL been dealing with stereotypes for a VERY long time wether we like it or not. And now that the authorities have taken their fingers out of their a$$ and used it, no doubt many lives have been saved...