The Influence Of Assumptions Of Black People

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I think people assume that I'm an uneducated black man that comes from a broken family with just one parent. None of which is true had a loving mother that worked three jobs to provide for her kids and an awesome stepfather that has been there since day one. I am very educated I'm a student studying marketing. My mom raises me to put God, family and education above everything. I assume people think that way because of the way I talk to certain people. I am the kind of person that doesn't like to judge or make an assumption about people until I get to know them. Making an assumption about someone that is wrong and misguided can be hurtful to that person.
Assumptions let us judge people based on what we think of them before getting to know them.

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