Originally Posted by JDR13
Not quite sure I understand you there. Neither race or culture should be a justification in that example.

What I mean is that feelings are beyond our control - so they're all justified. It's our actions that need justification.

He seems to be making a general connection between those acts and their race though.

Yup, that's what I meant.

Not that I haven't been guilty of that in the past. If certain things are prevalent among a certain people, it can sometimes be hard not to generalize.

I don't think there's anything wrong with recognising patterns of behavior in a culture - and one would be a fool to deny that there ARE patterns. I just think it's important not to confuse that with race - or assume your own culture is superior in any way.