Describing an 18 year old as a "teen" certainly is a choice. And not one commonly made when the person accused of a crime is black.
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14-year-old man posthumously charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest
An 18-year-old is a teenager. Your brain doesn't stop developing until mid 20s.
Yes, teen is literally in the word, but you know that the implication is not "an adult legally responsible for their actions" and the choice of how to describe an alleged criminal is not applied similarly to white and black subjects. A 15 year old black boy will be described as a "black male" while a legally adult white man will be a "teen" until the day of their 20th birthday.
"My assumptions are universal assumptions" is one of the many things here I wish we could have left to fester on reddit.
I think they are pointing out the apparent assumptions of the headline.
Yes, assumptions they imagine were made. If they can point to stats in a study of headline wordings that would be great, but as it is they might as well assert that "teen" implies Martian. The terminology probably came right off the police report, we don't know - all this does is express an attitude that this is a sign of unspecified entities being racist.
It's not a journalism specific thing, it's a broad bias to view black children as older than their white peers called "adultification". But the way you approached this seemingly new concept doesn't come across as someone looking to learn more about a phenomenon someone referenced but didn't cite but as someone who thinks most references to prejudices are just made up.
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That does not matter, by law, he is an adult. The term "teen" is used when under 18 in the news. This is clear bias because of his race.
EighTEEN. He's a fucking teenager get over it you fucking weirdo
We all get it, the type of porn you watch is still legal even though it has teen in the name.
This is regarding a legal matter where the man's sentence will likely be decided by the fact that the court sees him as an adult. In most cases and as the other user pointed out 18 year olds are referred to as men in a legal context. This disturbingly seems to be the standard practice when describing black males of 18.
Generally speaking, describing alleged criminals as teens implies a lack of legal agency and thus biases the reader toward compassion. The point is that sometimes language can induce bias and consistency is needed. If that consistency falls towards the technicality of having the word teen in their name so be it, but that is not the case with our current media landscape.
If I told you, "Gary's fucking a teenager," I'm guessing you wouldn't assume that teenager was over 18 and would be thinking maybe the authorities should be contacted.
I absolutely would. Do you watch porn? There's a whole "teen" category
Sorry... you would "absolutely" assume that if I told you that "Gary [i.e. someone we both know on a first-name basis] is fucking a teenager" that the person was of legal age because of a porn category?
Because I'm pretty sure we don't mutually know a porn star named Gary.
This also makes me worried about your feelings on incest.
Wow wtf is that kind of strawman? Do you not see the basic correlation between "fucking a teenager" and "fucking a teenager in porn"? porn has normalized that fucking a teenager is 18
Do you not see the basic correlation between “fucking a teenager” and “fucking a teenager in porn”?
Yes, the same correlation between "fucking his daughter" and "fucking his daughter in porn." When you hear Gary's doing it, you call the fucking cops.
Most people are able to distinguish what they see on a screen from reality.
Why are you even talking about incest? What's your obsession with fucking your daughter?
This is you, correct?
What is another porn category? I'll give you a hint, it starts with an I.
Indian hotties?
I admit, if someone tells me Gary is fucking an Indian hottie, I assume that hottie is an adult.
Depends on the source country of the video
See, now we're back at this mutual first-name acquaintance being a porn star.
I can tell you for a fact that I don't know a single porn star named Gary on a first-name basis.
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Gee I wonder why you're getting downvoted. Your ideas are perfectly neutral /s
It's not their fault they were born with an understanding of nuance that was two sizes too small
Literally just repeating the originally argument instead of responding to the responses. Go fuck yourself.
LOL you're delving into the typical sorts of pedantics that people turn to when they don't have an argument. "OOH OOH but Merriam Webster says that 'teenager' means blah blah blah" while completely sidestepping the fact that this person is a legal adult and is fully responsible for their actions, which is what the adults in the room are talking about now.
if you go by news headlines this is only true if the teen is white
wat? Last time I checked, a number that ends in "teen" is a "teen".
Their point is that standard is only applied to white people.
Yeah I can read, but all I see is the claim.
The media seems to have no standard on using terms and switches them willy-nilly to net the better headline.
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MAGA is a cult and a terrorist group.
A teen who understood what Trump meant by "fair" elections
Agreed. This is expected and desired.
Preview of Tuesday.
Vote early if you can.
Each and everyone one of these people deserves the bed they shit in.
The issue is that they make terrible Dutch Ovens and the smells waft.
So... terrorism?
(checks)
No, he's white.
Key displayed a photo taken by a witness of a smiling Williams “brandishing a machete in an aggressive, threatening posture over his head.” The Harris supporters he allegedly threatened are women aged 71 and 54.
As opposed to just calmly carrying a machete, below one's head, to a polling place?
And to a 71 year old woman... just can't imagine the colossal failures as human beings that this guy's parents must be as well.
gonna break out my most hick outfit when it's time to vote. don't need anyone getting funny ideas.
My wife and I are Southern socialist libtards and usually vote in camo. We've debated open carrying but decided it wasn't worth the hassle.
If you go too far you might actually dissuade some delta-cuck soyboy libtards from voting.
So less spoiler effect for Stein? Sounds pretty win-win to me.
haha.
I don't think voting works like that, unless Stein is actually expected to win some EC votes.
I think if USA actually had some form of PR it'd be a very different kettle of fish.
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This checks as being just the sort of 18 year old who would support Trump. They probably have a long list of right-wing podcasts on repeat.
people already wishing we could go back to drop box fires.
Bubba loves when pretty boys go to prison. 😈
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