Just Walk On By

When started reading this paper, I thought that it was going to be very interesting… and it was. The topic was very interesting to me. I must admit that I am not sure whether or not I would be one of the people in his story that misjudge him. Of course I would like to think that I treat all people equally, but I also think that it is just a matter of intimidation.
That would be another thing that I would not like to admit, that I am intimidated by another man. But if I were alone, in the dark, then a large black male is, to me, a lot scarier than just about any other type of person that I might run into. I really do think that I would be intimidated. And it would affect the way that I acted toward them and there is not too much I can do about that.
I think that as much as people disagree with stereotypes, and feel that they are awful and mean, there is not much that you can do to avoid them. And even those people who claim to be “color-blind,” are still aware of the stereotypes associated with black men. They not able to suppress them without having to mentally force themselves to act as normally as possible when put into a situation like the lady at the beginning of the paper. And as terrible as it sounds, I am sure that is probably some statistical evidence to back up the stereotype that associate black men and crime. So are we really in the wrong here for feeling the stereotypes, or do we have some real reason to be worried? Regardless, many people still feel bad that they sometimes judge people too quickly.