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In psychology we have been talking a lot about race and prejudice. A lot about how it is subconscious sometimes. I started thinking about this site, and realized that I too am guilty of behavior attribution. I attribute certain behaviors or posts, and assume the person's color or ethnicity based on it, all subconsciously of course. But most of the time, I just assume everyone is white like me. Am I the only person guilty of this? Are whites the only color of people that are guilty of such attribution? I don't think so, but I have no way of knowing without asking!

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  • silverwhisper said on Dec 08, 2006....
    i think you're extremely unlikely to be alone in that regard, dubious.

    ed
  • pickersplock said on Dec 08, 2006....
    I also wondering if we have a certain picture in our minds about what other bloggers may look like. Does our writing enhance our looks or make us less attractive than we are? It would be interesting to find out what other Soulcasters think we look like. If we saw each other on the street would we walk right past each other? Sorry, my mind is wandering. Believe it or not race doesn't usually enter my mind, but now that you bring it up here's a question; Is it the topic or writing style which implies race or ethnicity?
  • mobil said on Dec 08, 2006....
    Sometimes this mental heavy lifting or thinking about
    shit that doesn't matter is a sign that you need to get
    a life.
    Don't take that in the wrong way, during the long winter
    nites, I need a fucking life too.
    To answer your question, I don't think you are guilty of
    anything, maybe being human.
    White, yeah, I assume everyone is white unless I see
    otherwise, but, I have no guilt about it. I'm white !
    Tell that psychology teacher to go fuck himself. Oh, or
    herself.
  • ALIENated said on Dec 08, 2006....
    I figured silverwhisper to be a pasty white boy, but I found out he is a pasty oriental boy. I be green and proud. Many people on my TV are green, too. However, I think it may just be my TV. Probably made by pasty oriental boys.
  • ALIENated said on Dec 08, 2006....
    Damn Mobil. Those black things in your Wheaties this morning might have been weevels.
  • gingersoul said on Dec 09, 2006....

    Funny....i was thinking to write the same post days ago....because during a discussion i found out the some bloggers were black while i envisioned  them as whites.

    I did feel a little guilty tough..sorry Mobil....i dont knwo why but i did feel slighlty racist.... mostly for my surprised reaction.

    Yes, i thought Ed was white and he is oriental.

    I thought Paper was white ..she is oriental too

    Missb surprised me too...

    For example, nobody up to now strikes me as Hispanic. Do we have Hispanic bloggers at SC? Let me know, please...just for curiosity.....

    I guess is all in the writing style we use....we all use a very standard English.......

    So unless, like Moon, we start to talk like confucius or mention lotus and baby panda ears there is no way to identify us with a specific skin color.

    And, btw, who cares?

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