ext_319401 ([identity profile] lizkayl.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] alexandraerin 2009-07-29 08:38 pm (UTC)

Maybe he saw the stereotypical 'angry black man' and was quicker to assume that Gates couldn't be talked down, but I'm pretty sure that 'angry yelling person' typically gets the fight, subdue, or arrest reaction. A white woman in that situation would probably be stereotyped as, "hysterical crazy lady".

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