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Old Wed Jun 16, 2004, 03:22pm
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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by Dan_ref

There are 2 types of people in this world: those who make the mistake of blindly lumping people into groups and those who don't. Those of you claiming that "older" folks tend to be racists - or at least more racist than the younger set - should remember this.

As much as I agree of not lumping folks into groups, there are many things we can learn about people based on a group. One of those markers are the age of the individuals. You do not see adults of a certain age as a rule sagging their pants. The same goes for values and certain expectations.

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We're getting far off the track here but there's a word for defining a person based on your perception of their group - stereotyping. If the police do this it's called something else - illegal (generally).
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