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To: dylan murphy who wrote (2686)	12/4/2014 10:39:42 AM
From: diana g	Read Replies (1) of 2981

Dylan, You wrote: "...But to your question 'Do you suppose that people vote counter to their own perceived self-interest in order to hold back blacks? ' No, I don't think it's that as much as it may be they want to be around someone they feel more comfortable with. ..." ----- Yes, that is right. People prefer to be with and work with others who share their ways of thinking and doing things. This isn't an aspect of human nature that is only present in white people. People of all races generally distrust other people who they don't know and who are from other cultures or appear to possibly be from other cultures. This is just common sense. Distrusting strangers is common sense. The more you are similar to another person, the more easily that person can trust you. If I am shown photos of two people and asked "who would I trust?" and one picture is of Colin Powell and the other picture is some unknown white thuggish looking guy with a facial tattoo of a spider, who will I pick to trust? It isn't about race at all. It's about culture. Not race. ----- It was obvious to me that the people on 'Survivor' saw Jeremy as another player in the game and acted toward him just as they did other players. That is, they first made judgements based on appearance and afterward depended on what they knew from their experience with him to make judgements about what they could expect him to do. Clearly he was well-liked and the vote went against him for reasons completely unrelated to race. ----- There are people who make unfair judgements about other people. There are a small percentage of white people who are certain that all blacks are untrustworthy. There are some black people who despise all white people. Most people do the smart thing-- They judge others as individuals. Not as racial stereotypes. There are some people from all races who think that others are much more concerned with race than those others actually are. (Hint)

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