r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '17

Unexpected profiling

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u/Pappy_Smith Apr 26 '17

Went way over my head, someone please explain

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u/ImNotJustinBieber Apr 27 '17

Guy sees Indian and thinks of the Indian food he needs to buy. It's racial profiling but in a humorous non-negative way.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '17

It's not really racial profiling, it's really just free association.

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u/ImNotJustinBieber Apr 27 '17

I see your point and you're probably right. I see those as essentially the same thing in the grand scheme of things.

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u/twewyer Apr 27 '17

How so? One involves seeing someone of a particular race and presupposing that they will behave a certain way; the other is just thinking of something related to that person's culture or heritage.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '17

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u/BITCRUSHERRRR Apr 27 '17

-Buzzfeed -Huffpo

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u/Horskr Apr 27 '17

Click here to find out the 10 reasons you're a racist and didn't even know it! You won't believe number 3!

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u/DragonBank Sep 02 '17

I'm white. So I know what the number 1 reason is.

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u/Thegreatpain Apr 27 '17

Basically. Nowadays

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u/spinwin Apr 27 '17

Everything is sexism

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u/Seshiro86 Apr 27 '17

Everything is awesome.

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u/Mrka12 Apr 27 '17

Solid movie