Just something to think about-racial discrimination/prejudice?

Question

Let's say you are Chineese and work at the gas station.
Customer #1 comes in- a "white American". He complains about the gas prices and how that you should do something about it.
You think to yourself "those American people are always complaining about something
Customer #2 comes in- a Chineese. He complains about the gas prices and how that you should do something about it.
You think to yourself "that customer was kind of rude"


As you can see in the first customer example the clerk related the rudeness to the race and in the second example, they just said the customer was rude.

Now, be honest with yourself....do you find yourself doing this?
For example, if I don't like the way a certain group dresses-but not all of them dress that way...I generalize and say I do not like the way they dress. However, there are also people of my race that I do not like the way they dress, but do not attach that way of dressing to a race. These are just examples.

Answer 1

For some reason I never do this. I was not raised to judge people by race, but you do make a good point.

When I'm talking to my friends (black or white) I don't say "This black guy did this" or "This white guy did that", but when I am finished their first question is usually "Black or White?"

Answer 2

Very good of you to point this out. Whenever people ask "Why are blacks so rude?" or "Why do blacks do this or that?" and I counter with "Well, why are (insert race here) so rude?" or "Why do (insert race here) do this or that?" I'm usually given the answer "Well, that's just a few" if I'm given an answer at all.

People will do anything to justify their ignorance.

There are people of all races with all types of behavior. One behavior cannot be applied to every single member of one race. It's just not possible.

Find it odd that no one seems to be answering your question?