Freetounged Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 The lower the expectation the higher the astoundment. Some examples: An obese man having the flexibility and fitness to execute a perfect round house kick. A 10 year old with Charles Dick's level of writing ability and vocabulary. A one month old baby able to speak in complete understandable sentences. Can it also be said? The lower one thinks of someone the higher the wonderment when a normal level of competency is achieved. Some examples: A racist seeing a black man graduating from highschool. A sexist seeing a confident, intelligent woman who would speak their mind. Is it racist/sexist to make a big deal out of something just because of their race/sex? **Me Venting*** I watch American Ninja Warrior and they won't shut up about Kacy Catanzaro! Why? Because vagina! I find how they glorify her achievement very sexist and insulting toward women. To me it is like saying "This woman can read! She can do what men can! She is achieving the impossible!" I am around fit and active woman. This level of achievement isn't unusual. Am I wrong to find it insulting?
LanceD Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 It's called paternal racism/sexism/insert ism. It is as you describe the prejudice of low expectations. Media outlets grant significant coverage to white perpetrated crimes and never hesitate to describe the perpetrator. On the other side of the coin media outlets tend to ignore crimes committed by minorities and if they do have to cover them they often fail to mention the race of the perpetrator. Because after all, it's not their fault black people just don't know any better, right? It's the same reason why crimes committed by females are often excused do to any number of reasons. Because women are just so damn weak, you really can't blame some of them for cracking under the strain of life, right?! The same principles are all displayed again by glorifying the supposed achievements. George Washington Carver isn't a big deal because peanuts, he's a big deal because we are surprised a black dude figured out how to live on his own, yet this one came along and actually contributed to society?! Omg I don't even.... So yeah you're right I would say
hannahbanana Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 I think that this kind of bigotry is often excused because of some of the "positive" short-term benefits you can recieve from it (AKA not being held responsible for actions). But I think you are perfectly right in finding it insulting. I find it insulting too. Sometimes it's surprising the number of inconsistencies you can find in people's daily lives, which are accepted as perfectly normal. For me, once I see these inconsisencies, I don't see how anyone could look away from them.
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