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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone ISN'T the same though. If everyone were the same, [b]then I, a white woman, would ALSO get followed around in a fancy clothing store instead of only the black women.[/b] If everything were the same I would ALSO get pulled over for driving yet doing nothing wrong.

If we don't see color, we can't see racism. If we can't see racism, how will we change it? [/quote]

White teens, especially rich white teens, also get followed around in a fancy clothing store, fwiw.

Do you see age?  Or class?  Or only race?[/quote]

Fine, is there any reason for them to follow around a middle aged lady then of any race?[/quote]

they follow a lot of people [/quote]

I dated someone who worked loss prevention at a common mall anchor store. They are literally trained to follow the top 4 groups of people who cause the most theft: minorities in general, groups of teens - especially minorities, people wearing bulky clothing - especially minorities, and women with large bags - especially minorities. There's a common theme there. All LPs with that store had to sign NDAs not to talk about anything they learned there for 3 years after leaving or being fired or while employed, but clearly, they didn't care about that rule, ha.    [/quote]

And this is how stereotypes are created.    Lower-income people are more likely to shoplift.  That doesn't mean wealthy  kids aren't doing it too.  Just not in the same numbers.

In this nation, over our entire history, we have tied economic policy to work to the advantage of whites, and to the disadvantage of African Americans.   So statistically speaking, African Americans are more likely than whites to be lower-income, and therefore more likely to engage in shoplifting.   Not because of race, but because of socio-economic status.   We don't see their income when they shoplift though.  We see their race.   And that's the association we make.    If we could even out the economic disparities, people would lose these stereotypes.  [/quote]

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