Re:Google HR 'suggested medical leave' for racism victims
by tomp on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:49AM
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Some people (you, apparently) have these associations, others (e.g. me) don’t. It’s quite prejudiced to assume that everyone has them.
Re:Google HR 'suggested medical leave' for racism victims
by falcolas on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:58AM
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It's more likely that folks who claim to not have these associations simply haven't identified their unconscious biases yet.
There is always a reason associations between mental traits and physical features exist, even if you're not consciously aware of it.
EDIT: And to go a different direction, if someone truely doesn't make such associations... Now that they know some people do recognize those associations, just be polite and don't make such comments about people's appearance - be it skin color, hair color, height, weight, etc.
Inherent in assuming a skin color is the implied association between, for example, intelligence and skin color.
"I'm surprised you're black," is not so far off from the acknowledged insult, "You're really $X for a woman."
WRT your example, anger issues are stereotypically associated with red hair, so there could be an implied "you have anger issues" that goes with that. "Oh, no reason," is also a very common deflection when being called out for poor assumptions or implied insults.