Black Males have a perceived reputation for being violent, dangerous, threatening, and
participating in criminal activity.
As in the case of Police officers that we covered in the previous topic, the perception doesn't have to actually
be true - but unfortunately it is what many people believe.
As the saying goes, "perception is reality".
THE TRUTH
Researchers have quantified the impact that this perception can have on Black Males.
Listen to this excerpt from Morgan Freeman's Through the Wormhole television series [1] where one
such study was conducted then Check Your Understanding of what you saw:
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The video segment challenges participants to make simulated split-second life-or-death decisions.
Thousands of tests were run.
An image of a man is flashed on the screen that is either harmless (carrying a cell phone) or a threat (carrying a gun).
If they fire live (blank) ammunition at the man with a cell phone they "kill" an innocent man.
If they fail to fire live (blank) ammunition at the man with a gun the participant "dies".
Firing at the man with a gun and holding fire with the man with a cell phone are the correct decisions.
Results of the simulation were that participants made the correct decision 85-90% of the time.
But when they made an error, White Males were 30-40% more likely to make a wrong decision and "kill"
an innocent Black Male than an innocent White Male.
How did this align with your perception of what the results would be before you viewed this video segment?
Did you think that White Males viewed Black Males as more violent, dangerous and threatening than
White Males before you viewed this video segment?
If so, why?
Following your review of the above segment and checking your understanding, continue by reviewing a second
segment from the same television program.
Again, Check Your Understanding of what you just saw after viewing the video:
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Again, thousands of tests were run identical to the first tests except that the participants were
Black Males rather than White Males.
The finding was that Black Males also made the wrong decision and "killed" the innocent Black Males
more often than the innocent White Males.
How did this align with your perception of what the results would be before you viewed this video segment?
Did you think that Black Males also viewed other Black Males as more violent, dangerous and threatening than
White Males before you viewed this video segment?
If not, why not?
Perceptions often don't align with the facts.
In addition, perceptions die hard.
Just look at how long the UFO debate has been around.
In the case of the reputation of Black Males, however, the TRUTH has a powerful enemy.
Liberal Democrats along with their partners in Big Media, Big Tech and organizations that benefit from
racial strife and unrest incessantly promulgate their narrative about Systemic Racism, and suppress
any TRUTH counter to their narrative.
The FACT is that today both Black Males and White Males perceive Black Males as more violent and threatening due to
the reputation they have earned in the public square.
Just check the riots on television, businesses destroyed and burning.
Check the weekly news stories of murders of Black people by other Black people in Black communities,
in Liberal Democrat-run major cities.
These reports reinforce the perceptions of everybody - Black and White - about the nature of Black Males.