[cwaniak]

This is so depressing to make AirBnb or Uber responsible for the image of Black people that the Black people worked so long and hard to achieve and maintain.

[interpares]

Right, because blacks are the ones responsible for how they're portrayed in the media.

[cwaniak]

Right, because if media portrayed Asians as living in slums, not working and dealing drugs, the public would just buy it in a second.

[interpares]

No not in a second, but certainly over time and with the help of confirmation bias. Absolutely.

[cwaniak]

And if the media portrayed Africa as rich, prosperous, democratic Continent and Asia as a corrupted war zone with 30yrs + longevity rates, we would believe it too, right?

[interpares]

I'm not sure what your point is, other than trolling. I'll leave you to it.

[cwaniak]

How convenient...

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

Time was, media portrayal of Asians was full of opium dens and squalid hovels.

[tw268]

Have you never looked at the FBI crime statistics by race? Asians commit almost zero crime in America, and they earn more money on average than whites.

Maybe stereotypes exist because they reflect data?

[cwaniak]

So Asians are smarter and less crime-prone on average than Whites. I don't understand why you are picking on me, I'm not the one here who has a problem with facts.