> (making accusations of a group not reflecting the individuals of said group) Okay, I'll try asking this again: What assumptions do you think black people make of white people when they code switch? Are these assumptions correct? --- I don't think I'm going to get anywhere with this person, so, onlookers: You *cannot* use racism as a defense of your hurt feelings that women would choose the bear because your class is not being meaningfully harmed by what's being said. You are not slaves. You are not being forced to build a railroad. No one is holding you in a camp. You are not being refused at the grocery store. People who do not want to be *lynched* do in fact make generalizations about other groups (\*ahem\*, white people) as a means of keeping themselves safe. It is simple risk aversion. You have learned the wrong lessons about what racism is and why it's bad.