Humans tend to generalize.

We do.

So it leads to us looking at what we see, and assuming that what we can't see extends beyond that.

Most of the time, we're right...so we survive, its fine...

Like the fish here can be caught with earth worms...so we try the worms for OTHER fish.

Sometimes, its wrong...like it worked in the lake, but not in the ocean...

Same with race judgements.

I have freinds who are cops for example...they start out as reasonably open minded about race, the black people they were in contact with made no special impression.

....then, they are thrust into an urban jungle environment, all the black people they are dealing with are trying to kill, rob others, they dress and talk differently, have no regard for others' lives or property...and would kill him if they thought they'd get away with it.

After a few years of THAT, they do NOT see Black people the same...NOW, Blacks are dehumanized scum, animals...the enemy.

They can't tell the good ones from the bad ones...like the soldiers in 'NAM
- they want to just kill them all, and let God sort it out....

So - if the blacks you see are like that...that's who blacks are generailzed to be like...that's a very natural generalization.

But, it can be adjusted to realize that all humans in those conditions are like that...and the blacks do the same thing..."white people hate us"...because the white people THEY know, DO.



So - If you fish in the ocean, and I fish in lakes...we each have our own ideas as to what fish are like...