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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Agreed. But I wonder if this is butting up against a limitation of the human brain. Every person across the globe experiences stereotypes. It seems to be a natural way the human brain forms initial judgements. Hell, I don't think the comic artist realized they were making a stereotype when they made all the questions askers white.

Being aware of it helps but the best fix is to have a significant amount of personal time with the group in question. This is why it's so frustrating for someone of a particular race to hear questions like this, because they have plenty of first hand experience with members of their race. Themselves, their family, etc..

But realistically a person can't spend significant amounts of time with members of every discreet group of people they might see on a daily basis.