Originally Posted by Chefboiali
I know. It's like always being labeled as. In Sociology, there's a theory called the Labeling Theory. If someone constantly labels you as BAD, then you will take on that secondary characteristic, and give them MORE of that, even if it's not in to BE bad. Constantly drilling the bad statistics is a form of institutionalized labeling.
Great point. Sorry to rant, it just blows my mind on how this still lingers 200 years later. I mean, we've learned to fly, been to space, cloned sheep and yet people still pull the race card.