basic differences of your experiences that lead to this behavior. In a similar way, I think increased connectivity around the world has lead to this occurring more in large scales. People from e.g. Atlanta might regularly encounter racism in their lives and view it as serious...
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while people from Seattle might legitimately be less racist and see it less in their own lives. But when on the internet, we often interpret the other person's beliefs under the assumption they have the same basic experiences as we do; as in, Seattle people might view
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people from Atlanta as overly whiny - because that *is* how Seattleites would be if they acted like Atlanta people did, given the conditions in Seattle. There's just failure to consider the differences in basic conditions; if we did, everyone might seem a bit more reasonable.
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Our perception is built from a ton of assumptions. Assumptions come from the sum of our experiences and biases. Because EVERYONE has a unique set of experiences and biases, they will also make different assumptions. This is true at any scale, zoom out more and it becomes obvious.
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Isn't this what people are referring to with "privilege"? As in, I'm privileged to live in an area of the country with little racism, but I need to check my privilege and acknowledge that other areas my have much more racism.
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Obviously not an all-encompassing definition of privilege, just one example.
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This kind hit home for me, people have sometimes accused me of being antisocial bc I don’t like going to bars, concerts, etc... But it’s bc when I’m in those places everything just becomes noise, to the point of making me feel physically uncomfortable.
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You talk as if social media is this transparent ether everyone communicates through. The problem now is that whispers can be amplified for the whole world to hear.
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