Letters to the Editor
This letter is associated with the following article:
-
Thank you, uberhobo
OK, now we hear the kid was white: Uberhobo's observation still applies, that to many pundits, journalists and everyday people think that all of the members of that OTHER group are a homogenous mass.
Sometimes it works in your favor, such as places where I worked where the managers who were not veterans had this weird Hollywood-inspired idea that if they spoke too sharply to them, I might go ballistic. Sometimes it works against you, such as with people who think that because I live in Florida, that I can't correctly vote or that might I approve of arresting a kid for using dirty words outdoors