[Natalie20262]

Responding to Sheri’s message. Sheri, you claimed, and I quote, ‘I don’t know if you do other things like you say here, but if you do, then I’d say yes, you are a racist. Anytime you take the actions of a few and make a sweeping judgment about an entire group of people, you are racist, in my opinion.’ It is concluded that you are against racism, and prejudice in general. So, in order to avoid doing just that, you said ‘I do not avoid just white teens at the movies, I avoid ALL teens’. Well, wasn’t taking the actions of a few and making a sweeping judgment about an entire group of people exactly what you did when you decided to avoid ALL teens? You have taken the actions of a few teens, and since then decided to avoid sitting near all teens. Well, by doing that, you have still made an assumption that ALL teens behaved in that way, and therefore decided to stay away from them at the movies. It sure does not guarantee that any teen at the movies will be loud or disturbing, however, you have had some unpleasant experiences involving teens, and so you try to avoid having these experiences again by avoiding teens at the movies. Personally, I have always been a very quiet and polite person who was always willing, and did, avoid from getting into trouble. But if you saw me at the movies when I was ounger, you would still avoid sitting next to me. Please not that I’m NOT trying to point fingers/blame/judge anyone’s behaviour or choices. I’m really not. What I am trying to say, is that human beings are a product of habbits and prior experience. If you take your kid to the dentist and have them going through a somewhat painful procedure, the next time you even mention the dentist, they will be at least somewhat scared, even if you just need them to have their teeth checked on a regular basis. We always try to avoid bad things that look like they have something in common. This is just the way we are. I’m not justifying these assumptions, I’m not criticizing anyone’s actions, I’m just trying to point out that these actions are all based on prior experience, and while it may not be the perfect thing to do or to assume, and while it is probably not the idea of a perfect world and society, it will always exist, even if we don’t admit it.

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Name : Natalie20262, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 18, City : Toronto, State : NA, Country : Canada, Occupation : Student, Social class : Middle class, 

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