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Originally Posted by Lasereth
Thinking a black thug on the street is a criminal isn't racist because most black thugs on the street are criminals.
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Please clarify something. What do you mean by "thug" or "Black thug"? If by "thug" you mean someone with a disposition toward crime, then your statement seems circular. It would be like saying "thinking a student in the room is a scholar." Of course a thug can be assumed as being potentially criminal. You are begging the question here.
If I saw a Black youth wearing baggy pants, a basketball jersey, and a bandanna, I might think an array of things. I would think foremost that he is participating in urban culture by what he is wearing. I might think he breaks the law, specifically because of the gangster rap culture he might be playing up to. But I would also look at him as a common phenomenon. Lots of youths dress like that. I would look at him (depending on his age) as a student who could very well one day become a lawyer. I would look at him as a poet, possibly. He could be anything, really.