5 Hot New (Old) Racial Stereotypes

I'm surprised this article passed muster from an editorial view. It is disjointed. Some of the examples touch on inferences of racial discrimination or attitudes, but don't clearly prove them. Others seem like general rants against the right, which are fine, but not in an article that is supposedly about specific racism. When you cry fire, show the firemen where the fire is burning.

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As a female I see far too many other females fitting into the old stereotypes. Let's consider MN's Michelle Bachmann- not only is she a'dingbat', but also shows clear signs of suffering from Hysteria (original meaning- mania caused by the Uterus).
We have tried so hard to dispell these views that we have failed to recognize somethimes they are dead on for particular members.
Until we admit that there are people who fit the stereotypes to a Tee,Honestly pointing them out- there will never be clear differentiation to the fact that most others do not fit the stereotype.
Bachamnn is not just an idiot and shrill when compared to men- she is an idiot shrill when compared to other women (Albright,M Obama,McCaskill,Maddow,Seibelus, Snow....).
We have to be willing to be honest when a minority fits the stereotype so that comparisons can be made with them within their own group.
'stereotypes' developed as a means to explain an entire group- that means those examples actually exist. To ignore, or deny the fact in some cases the concept fits some of it's unavoidable 'members' is to discount the fact the majority do not.
If Woman are willing to point out a 'dumbass Brood', we are saying this woman is out of our 'Norm'
We often needlessly come to the defense of someone who does not deserve it, merely because of their appearance.We assume that if we allow one to be cast as the stereotype, it will bring down the whole group. When in fact our pointing out the fact they are the negative stereotype may actually strengthen the concept we are not all that way.
In this way of 'Pushing them into the light' of 'truthiness' we not only spare the group unfair association made by others, we enlighten them they can not find sanctuary and affirmation within the group- so perhaps they will begin to change themselves.
It is unfair and dishonest to portray every member of any group with singualr definitions- However,to point out a particualr member of a group in negative terms is not, when it is an honest assessment. For Women to get up in arms when aparticular woman is portrayed as an idiot, Hysterical, slutty, a gold digger,who is exactly that, is a detriment to the Group. They have stepped out of our bounds of acceptablitiy, the norms and standards we set. In that way we prove that collectively we do not 'fit' that stereotype.In that way we leave them to stand alone- or try to find another group who will accept their behavior. We Reject the Bachmann's so her type will have to affiliate themselves with being a Repug with a Vagina. Women have worked to dispell sexist attitudes to allow someone like her to fuck it up.Bachmann's mere physical attribute is not a guaranteed membership card, thus she does not deserve unconditional defense or protection.
This is why we should also not be offended if someone outside our group points out blatant flaws- they are admitting that person doesn't represent the group either,Acknowledging that individual is not representative of the majority who happen to share a particular trait.If a male tells me some woman is a Dumbass, that male is telling me he KNOWS that not all women are dumbasses,bacause he was able to identify the exclusionary trait.
"ism" survive because the Group allows these 'types' membership and unwarranted support or defense.
A 'Feminist' will allow inclusion into the group regardless of the ultimate effect on the group,the guiding adage that All women deserve our 'loyality' regardless of their behavior
A 'Libber' will admit some who share our trait do not deserve our 'Loyality' or our protection- they are operating out of our acceptiabilty standards, thus pose a threat to the conception of women as a whole.

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Are you troubled at all by Bachmann's repeated examples of paranoid ideation? That's unisex. When an elected member of the United States Congress tells a television host, via telephone, on a prime-time program, that she regards the Congress as enemy territory from which she is now working in the role of foreign correspondent to send us messages of truth, she blurs the line between being political and being crazy. How is her gender relevant to this? I would not like to see Bachmann defended because she is female. I would like to see her removed because she is nuts.

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"Musser is apparently possessed of the same superpower as many deep-South highway patrol officers: the ability to assess guilt based on..."

I hope you're open minded enough to realize you are engaging in the same stereotyping that your article speaks against.

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And stopped right there.

Man, that's funny.

More and more Americans, especially "White Americans," are seen around the world as shiftless, lazy bums.

I mean, look at the poster-boy for "trustworthy, hard-working White American men:" Joe the f*cking Plumber. Here's a guy who'll do anything for money but work!

Remember when Alan Colmes nailed Joe the Plumber for being a welfare queen?

While yet sucking at GOP presidential candidate John McCain's teat, Joe the Plumber had dreams of being a country singer.

The Joe became a war correspondent.

And now the skin-headed stereotype is a consultant to Congressional Republicans, I guess on how to dress and talk like a regular guy. Lindsey Graham's going to need a lot of work in that department.

If Joe the Plumber were a real trustworthy, hard-working white American man, he'd quietly go back to his job as a plumber's helper.

Oh, yeah, all you "trustworthy, hard-working white Americans" out there in Alternetland, before you get your tits all in an uproar, I'm a White American too.

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If Obama is to lose in 2012, it will certainly not be because of race.

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I'll defend Musser to some small degree... I'd guess the faces of people, often innocent people.. locked up across the world, treated like something less than human, and kept away from any contact with their families, friends, and every semblance of normal life without charges, trial, access to council (for a few years, at least), or redress would be pretty damned terrifying if I were an agent of the government that was responsible.

This is, of course, no reason to keep them there or to torture them.

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make you look!

yarn, now this is what I call propaganda

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These Republican conservative histrionics remind me of this particular episode of the Twilight Zone. Mainly because Rod Serling wrote it as a response to American racism lodged against blacks.

The studio exec's changed it to be more "open" and not peculiar to blacks, but that's not the way it was written at origin.

The "monsters" Serling originally wrote about were black folks in America, to say this is what happens when you have hyped-out "mob/crowd hysteria" amongst insane and unreasonable people for no reason other than their own fears. It turns out they were being "watched" by aliens who wanted to see how humans would react when pitted against the unknown and unfamiliar--those they don't take the time out to get to see or know because they are locked in their own strange worlds where everything is alright until 'something else' (spooks!) starts running interference.

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From comedian Louis CK

Here are some new stereotypes we should spread:
-Chinese people can fly
-Puerto Ricans are made out of candy

Any other ideas?

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and it seems you're an even bigger one now...
Wow. Never gave a second thought to where this guy would end up.
Now I know.
He can tell just by looking at the detainees - that they deserved to be tortured.
Huh.
Somehow, I'm not surprised that he ended up a GOP bull@#$% strategist.

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