2012-04-10, 09:40 AM
Law of great numbers applied to skin color is sadly pretty correct (in Brazil too). Judging people before you properly meet them is something we do everyday and it's an important skill, you don't let hobos enter fancy restaurants and you don't enter a dark alley full of black people.
The problem is that it's hard to overcome the differences between the two populations if we are always applying these statistics. It's hard to place a definite line on where you drop your prejudging based on statistics/appearance.
I don't think the author is entirely wrong about his approach, but that course of action is a double-edged sword. And the subject is a touchy one, likely to be badly interpreted.
The problem is that it's hard to overcome the differences between the two populations if we are always applying these statistics. It's hard to place a definite line on where you drop your prejudging based on statistics/appearance.
I don't think the author is entirely wrong about his approach, but that course of action is a double-edged sword. And the subject is a touchy one, likely to be badly interpreted.