JamieJ1989
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Write a nice letter to the police detailing your intent to kill Hillary Clinton then. Just words on a page. Just a noun. Nothing real.
"It's just a noun officers. How can you threaten the life of a noun? I demand my freedom!"
Again, this is not the same thing, writing a letter to the police with an intent to kill an individual, is not the same as having a slight bias towards a name.
While familiarity with a word might have a small positive effect, it is far less influential than the range of connotations, stereotypes and associated emotions that derive from exposure to a word. People create meaning via a complex system of perceptions, knowledge and experiences.
Yes of course they do, thats exactly why the black lives matter movement is creating racism not fighting it.
An example, people are very familiar with the names Osama and Muhammad, so should these attract more attention than a less common 'white' name like Bartholomew? Correct?
What about an Adolf? With such a well known name his phone should be ringing off the hook!
Having lack of a positive association with a word, that is more associated with an ethnicity does not immediately mean you have a prejudice towards a race, and doesn't mean you have a negative association with that race or word. Why would a person with the name Adolf have their phone ringing off the hook, if the name Adolf has an immediate association with Adolf Hitler?