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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 2376802, member: 3850"] Sometimes a smaller subset of a group gets a lot of press attention and influences our impression of the group as a whole. Example.....When I watch the news, I wonder about the national narrative that we now have about racist, aggressive cops and their "war on blacks" versus the reality of the whole of law enforcement. I suspect that your view is a function of your vantage point. If you are black, you probably nod your head. If you, or someone you know is in law enforcement, you probably shake your head. Yes...a lot of these kids come from a single parent family and very rough neighborhoods with a culture that differs from those of a gated community...but from the studies that I have read, the athletes behavior doesn't vary much from their 18-20 year old non athlete peer group. But a football/basketball player who is arrested will have his name scrolled across the bottom of the TV for millions to see. [/QUOTE]