Why can't people see Black people as individuals?

Question

People on here are always asking questions about why black people act certain ways. Always clumping the whole race together as if we're all the same person with the same opinions and experiences. But these same people don't think of their whole race that way. If someone in their race does something negative they see a individual, if a Black or hispanic person does something it's put on the whole race and not the individual.

Answer 1

Stereotyping is the easiest way of using the mind, it means people stop thinking, because they just repeat what they have heard, and not for one moment stop to think for themselves.

It is easier to put everyone in a tiny box with a neat label, so when you need answers you go to your box closet and ask, and have there a line that you repeat as a parrot.

If you really think about this, most people that stereotype have NO personal relationship with the people they categorize.

Taking people as individuals need effort, because each one of us is a whole different Universe and to understand it, we need to really listen, well it seems listening also takes a lot of effort.....so yes it is about mental lazyness

Answer 2

Rampant brain-laziness. Most people would rather see other races as large, simple clumps than as complex systems of individuals. Race isn't the only thing they approach with that mindset. Reality is easier for them to grasp that way, and most people like their reality to be simple. Probably the same reason so many of them listen to Britney Spears' music. Thinking and acting as a herd is easy, and mediocrity is popular.
Don't black people ever do the same thing toward whites? Seems I've seen a lot of that on here, as well.

Answer 3

I asked a similar question that got little to no answers.

The simple answer to this question is it's so easy to stereotype. It would actually take some effort to get to know the person you're stereotyping. So rather than do this or NOT stereotype, they stereotype.

Plus, blacks are a very small group in America so people tend to think we all have the same mindset, we all like rap, watch BET, and don't know how to speak correct English, when in fact this is not true at all for me, you, or most of the blacks I know.

Ignore their ignorance, or laugh at it. I find the latter to be more fun.

Answer 4

Great point! I think that it's easier for close-minded people to see us as a whole so they can stereotype us. As a group, they don't have to spare feelings, but if we are individualized by them, they might see us as people and not be so quick to judge a face with a name. Feel me? they are even ignorant of the fact that they can be generalized as a whole! Now how ironic is that?

Answer 5

Lots of people see Black people as individuals, it's just some Blacks out there that gives us a bad reputation.

Answer 6

Ignorance

Answer 7

Its not only you who suffers!
I am a muslim, and the way am stereotyped is even worse. Anyways, Ignorants are everywhere.

Besides, this is the place where you can hear the insides of the people without actually knowing them. So if the put a smile on their face while walking past you, in their hearts, they wanna do something bad towards you. This is life my friend; good and bad people. You are one of the good ones, because you know how it feels.

All we can do is stick to God and serve him, because this is the reason of creation!

Answer 8

In real life, the only people I know who don't see the black folk they know personally as individuals, are usually black people themselves.

Answer 9

they are ignorant. so they deserved to be ignored. i hate when people generalize cultures. its not fair

Answer 10

People, in general, are jerks.