I took it for granted that people already knew this but noticed the most obvious things are missing from the conversation.
If one cannot see that black children should not be brutally beaten by 300 lbs steroid cops for not leaving a classroom immediately, you are likely a self-hating person who is considered by the dominant culture to be black, hispanic, or other or a dominant culture racist. White people can easily see their children shouldn't be desk-slammed by 300 lb school cops. You have become embarrassed of being associated with ignorant black people, because you work, pay taxes, have education, do everything you are supposed to do.
You are not 'ghetto'. You do not realize that those who try the hardest not to be 'ghetto' are the most ghetto. (Algorithm alert: reverse stereotype power abuse). Why? Because only very ghetto people become so against being ghetto that they can't take up for a defenseless child being brutally mistreated as in the case with the classroom in South Carolina and the child who was attacked by a school cop. Conversely, someone truly so privileged they don't know what a ghetto is cannot rebel against it so much they become anti-ghetto. In other words, you have to be ghetto first to become staunchly anti-ghetto. Thus, people who are trying to avoid looking ghetto end up looking the more ghetto than anyone else. And I will be honest, the most educated and upper class people I know, white or black, pity black people who support this cop. Why? Because upper class whites and blacks with the highest education understand that black people who support this cop are most likely so traumatized from years of systemic abuse, they have racism and hate against themselves and those considered black like themselves, and that is indeed very sad for an underclass population. It's self-hate. They don't even have to be black, if they just look black, as some hispanic persons I know, they come to intensely hate black people as a rejection of the stereotypes they have become associated with. I knew a hispanic guy who looked black and had intense hate for black people because people judged him based on black stereotypes. I disliked the guy, but it is more sad than evil, and if you are such a person, you would rather be considered evil than sad, because the person for whom you feel sad is so low and powerless, you don't even blame them. I am aware that I myself can be pitied for the effort I take in defending myself, my race, and beliefs and I pity myself for there is obvious trauma in my obsession with issues of race. I comfort myself with the idea someone like Donald Trump has become the front runner by blatant demogoguery and demonization of hispanic persons, so clearly, I'm not the only one traumatized by race issues. We all are. People who say "it's not about race" even moreso than those who areat least well enough to admit it.
So, as another algorithm, if you are black, white, muslim, etc and stereotyped, once you understand the stereotype, do not try hard to avoid it, because not only are you being controlled by unscrupulous people who just know you will avoid the stereotype, but you are taking a dominant view against yourself and those in a similar position worldwide. If you try hard to avoid the stereotype of looking like a loud, aggressive negro, people will abuse you knowing you won't retaliate and you will look even more low class and ghetto than someone who just reacts naturally.
I have been in work situations where I am an expert, professional, high education and status individual, where people would step out of line in a provacative way, thinking that I would not respond physically because being black and educated, I obviously would never want to look like a dumb, violent, country, or inner-city negro. They thought that since I was well-spoken and highly educated, that I would never use physical force to correct an injustice, even if it were appropriate, because I would never want to look like a violent, impulsive n-word. So they acted out in a way that is best corrected by physical means. And they got a big surprise. I only got one life, I'm not going to spend it trying to avoid stereotypes. If someone steps out of line in my presence and deserves to be punched in the face for harming me and mine, they might get punched in the face, be they black, white, or turquoise. If I were good at fighting, I would probably be a little more militant but since it's not my thing, it is there for emergencies only.
Anyway, the take home message: only very low class people are obsessed with appearing not to be low class and thus, their efforts backfire.
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