Try an ounce of self reflection, Barry. You, who insult. Who says your primary purpose is to "push people's buttons"
I guess you miss the fact that people may not regard you as some kind of BFF. Try posting something with out the usual rejoinder on occasion. (if you can) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : I liked this photo series, although I can't get a couple of the HuffPo images to transform properly in either Firefox or Chrome. The photographer makes his point admirably IMO -- when Americans think of people from different ethnic groups, they seem to have an "internal image" of them based on the imprint of years of propaganda and prejudice, and which they then "project" onto the person they're looking at, not really seeing them at all. I would suggest that we often see the same phenomenon here on FFL, especially regarding a few people who some people "love to hate." It doesn't seem to matter what these hate-objects really say or how they say it, the haters see them the way they see them in their minds anyway and characterize them using the same old fundamentalist stereotypes. It's as if their "internal image" of the person they dislike always "wins," leaving them unable to see any other aspect of the person they're hating on. Some examples of Joel Parés http://www.joelpares.com/ photos are below in the HuffPo article, others at the link under his name. 'Judging America' Photo Series Captures Nation's Stereotypes http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/judging-america-photo-series_n_5907966.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/judging-america-photo-series_n_5907966.html 'Judging America' Photo Series Captures Nation's Stereot... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/judging-america-photo-series_n_5907966.html Terrorist. Gangster. Stripper. Landscaper. When people are viewed as stereotypes, they're labeled on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. P... View on www.huffingtonpost... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/judging-america-photo-series_n_5907966.html Preview by Yahoo
