EPISODE 38: " APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING, OR DEAD ON"

EVEN THOUGH WE ALL DO IT, I TRY MY BEST NOT TO STEREOTYPE. BUT SOMETIMES THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A BAD IDEA. YOU SEE STEREOTYPES ARE REALLY JUST DEFENSE MECHANISMS. IF I SEE A BLACK MALE WITH DREDS, A GRILL & A WHITE TEE WALKING UP TO ME AT 2AM OUTSIDE A STORE I INSTANTLY PUT MY GUARD UP. MAYBE HE JUST WALKING THIS WAY, MAYBE HE BOUT TO ROB ME. IS WHAT IT IS. MAYBE THAT GIRL IN THAT SUPER SHORT SKIRT AINT A HO, AND MAYBE SHE IS. MAYBE THAT WHITE MALE IN THAT PICK UP TRUCK ISNT A RACIST REDNECK, MAYBE HE IS. MAYBE THAT COP GONNA PROTECT AND SERVE, MAYBE HE GONNA PROFILE ME. BUT WHAT WE APPEAR TO BE WILL OFTEN BE SOMEONES FIRST IMPRESSION OF US, AND OVER HALF THE TIME PEOPLE GET IT WRONG. SO HOW IMPORTANT TO YOU IS HOW YOU APPEAR AS OPPOSED TO WHAT TYPE OF PERSON YOU REALLY ARE? SHOULD I REALLY GET MAD IF SOMEONE ASSUMES IM A THUG IF IM DRESSED LIKE ONE? BUT THEN AGAIN, WHAT IS A THUG SUPPOSED TO DRESS LIKE? WHO HURT MORE PEOPLE, BERNIE MADOFF OR YA LOCAL DOPE BOY? SHOULD A FEMALE GET MAD WHEN SHE GET APPROACHED LIKE A HO WHEN SHE DRESSED LIKE ONE? HMMMMM?