............to a Philadelphia Radio Host 2 days after his "great speech" that was made.Source said:"The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know (pause) there's a reaction in her that doesn't go away and it comes out in the wrong way."
Source said:I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.
Is the statement one that intends to demean, insult, or indicate inferiority among people of the race?
Generalizing people as "typical (insert race here) person" is bad. Period.
Regardless of what your INTENT is, there is someone who is offended by your representation of what a typical "insert race here" person is.
I am insulted by Obama's suggestion that a typical white woman is in fear of a black person she witnesses while walking along the streets. Because this generalization is that of a "typical white woman" being a racist woman who fears blacks on the basis of the color of their skin.
Funny.Why? Typical doesn't mean absolute. As well, stereotyping isn't racism.
The "typical white woman" that he referred to was his grandmother. Given that, she must have lived in the time of the the antebellum south, and probably through the Jim Crow era. Most likely, Obama is correct about this "typical white woman" stereotype. It may not be true today, but you must consider his context.
Funny.
Because if I stereotype that blacks eat Fried Chicken and Watermelon, that makes me racist.
There is nothing hateful about this stereotype. However, Its WHO im Stereotyping that makes it racist. :roll:
He didn't give it the context of age or era.
He said, "SHE IS A TYPICAL WHITE WOMAN."
What year do you have to be born after to be no longer considered a 'typical' white person?
Funny.
Because if I stereotype that blacks eat Fried Chicken and Watermelon, that makes me racist.
There is nothing hateful about this stereotype. However, Its WHO im Stereotyping that makes it racist. :roll:
He didn't give it the context of age or era.
He said, "SHE IS A TYPICAL WHITE WOMAN."
typ·i·cal
Pronunciation: \ˈti-pi-kəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin typicalis, from typicus, from Greek typikos, from typos model — more at type
Date: 1609
1: constituting or having the nature of a type : symbolic
2 a: combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group <typical suburban houses> b: conforming to a type <a specimen typical of the species>
Generalizing people as "typical (insert race here) person" is bad. Period.
Regardless of what your INTENT is, there is someone who is offended by your representation of what a typical "insert race here" person is.
I am insulted by Obama's suggestion that a typical white woman is in fear of a black person she witnesses while walking along the streets. Because this generalization is that of a "typical white woman" being a racist woman who fears blacks on the basis of the color of their skin.
Was the comment about a typical white women racist? Probably not. Did he negatively steotype a group of people? I think so. I really, honestly do believe that most white people have moved past the point his grandmother(and mine) are at.
Was his comment really stupid to make in light of the rest of the controversy surrounding him right now? Absolutely. It really is time for him to shut up about race before he digs himself a deeper hole than he already is in.
Typical isn't a derogatory term. And for you people feigning outrage over this, are you saying that you can't put adjectives in front of a race or else it's racist? That is rediculous.
Was the comment about a typical white women racist? Probably not. Did he negatively steotype a group of people? I think so. I really, honestly do believe that most white people have moved past the point his grandmother(and mine) are at.
Was his comment really stupid to make in light of the rest of the controversy surrounding him right now? Absolutely. It really is time for him to shut up about race before he digs himself a deeper hole than he already is in.
Generalizing people as "typical (insert race here) person" is bad. Period.
Regardless of what your INTENT is, there is someone who is offended by your representation of what a typical "insert race here" person is.
I am insulted by Obama's suggestion that a typical white woman is in fear of a black person she witnesses while walking along the streets. Because this generalization is that of a "typical white woman" being a racist woman who fears blacks on the basis of the color of their skin.
IT2002 said:That's not racist. They like that stuff, it's true. Middle Easteners like falafels. Asians like seafood. Mexicans like ....you get the point.
Is this type of stereotyping acceptable?
typical - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Typical isn't a derogatory term. And for you people feigning outrage over this, are you saying that you can't put adjectives in front of a race or else it's racist? That is rediculous.
But that's not always true and to get catergorized by your ethniticy to "like" something is wrong. Not all Asians like seafood and not all black people like fried chicken. To insinuate that they do is stereotyping them and making them into your idea of a typical ------ person, which they may not be. It may not be racist but it's offensive and stereotypical.
Yes, there are exceptions to the rule so to speak. But typically, it is the case. Stereotypes can be offensive, but not always. Stereotypes happen because certain characterisitics fit the type. Be honest, are you surprised when a black person likes fried chicken? Is it a shock to you when an Asian likes seafood? Would you tell them, "I never would have guessed that you would like that."?
Is saying that your "typical black person" votes for Obama offensive? It's backed by empirical data. Are facts offensive?
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