From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 25 2002 - 10:21:45 MDT
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
Racism is wrong because--and
> only when--it is irrational. Prejudice, like any
> generalization, if often quite rational; but is a shortcut
> for reason. When that's all the information you have, it's
> fine to notice it and use it; the error is in persisting in
> the use of prejudice even after better information is
> available, or in using mistaken generalizations.
>
### You make a very good point here - it is not the group judgment itself
that might be unethical, it is the lack of due care in judging, which may
result in harm to innocent persons.
Rafal
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