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A racist is someone who judges a person based on the trends of the person’s race.

Ex. “Blacks commit more crime, you’re black, therefore you are a criminal.”

Sexism is the same thing; judging one man based on the general trends of all men as a whole and judging one woman based on the general trends of all women as a whole.

Conclusion: Judging any individual based on the general trends of the individual’s group is always stupid. There are always outliers to trends. You cannot know a person based on trends; you can only judge a person based on the person themselves. You can make guesses based on trends, but that’s it.

Racism and sexism are simply some of the more common forms of judging-based-on-group-trends.

Racism and sexism are not evil positions; they’re ignorant positions.

A racist is someone who judges a person based on the trends of the person’s race. Ex. “Blacks commit more crime, you’re black, therefore you are a criminal.” Sexism is the same thing; judging one man based on the general trends of all men as a whole and judging one woman based on the general trends of all women as a whole. Conclusion: Judging any individual based on the general trends of the individual’s group is always stupid. There are always outliers to trends. You cannot know a person based on trends; you can only judge a person based on the person themselves. You can make *guesses* based on trends, but that’s it. Racism and sexism are simply some of the more common forms of judging-based-on-group-trends. Racism and sexism are not evil positions; they’re ignorant positions.

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Found the guy who's never had to interact with blacks before.

What is actually ignorant is judging everyone as an individual when just looking at their race gives you with 99% accuracy knowledge of who they are, on the off chance that they're the 1% deviation from the rule.

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For arguments sake let’s assume the 99% figure is accurate. All you can do that information is know that 99% of blacks fit some stereotype. That’s it. You cannot know with absolute certainty that every black person you meet will fit this stereotype.

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For arguments sake let’s assume the 99% figure is accurate. All you can do that information is know that 99% of blacks fit some stereotype. That’s it. You cannot know with absolute certainty that every black person you meet will fit this stereotype.

and your point is?

Of course I'm going to assume that something extremely likely is going to be true over something comparatively unlikely, nbeing less than 100% sure of something doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't make decisions based on statistics.

Around blacks never relax is a thing for a reason, just because you have that 1% based black coworker doesn't mean you suddenly let your guard down around similar looking people when you know statistically they're the most likely to harm you.

You seem to be under the impression that I shouldn't use statistical knowledge about behavior by demographics to inform my decisions until I have a deeper knowledge about the specific individual.