In article <Ctmbb.539113$o%2.236589@sccrnsc02>, cindyduet@attb.com 
says...
> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> 
> 
> > Cindy, I know you are a fan of proverbs and sayings. You should go look 
> > up "Pearls before swine" and contemplate any relationship it has to 
> > trying to give advice to Kaz about getting along with different 
> > nationalities.
> 
> I have been in speech/communication study lately, and it is wonderful. I 
> think everyone should learn it. The book teaches how one should behave 
> in newsgroup discussion as well. First, Kaz seems to have terrible 
> perceptual errors on everything.  He sees people as country or nation; 
> then, he sees a country/nation as a race.  Second, his generalization of 
> *all* attributes based on *one single* attribution.  It is called halo 
> effect. (Human Communication)

Actually, the halo effect causes people to rate an individual high on 
all attributes because of a high rating on a single attribute.  Kaz's 
pathology is more akin to the "devil effect", which causes people to 
rate individuals low on all attributes because of a low rating on a 
single attribute--whiteness.

E L Thorndike, "A Constant Error on Psychological Rating", Journal of 
Applied Psychology, vol. IV (1920), 25-29 
> 
> Also, he is very distinct in showing contrast effects, which means to 
> compare people's behavior with other people's behavior. (Human 
> Communication)
> 
> Stereotyping is very common in Kaz's writing.  Its definition is to 
> perceive people as a group with wrong perception. (Human Communication)
> 
> I guess he doesn't have self-esteem.
> 
Oh, I think he gets pretty "steemed" up at times.  ;-)

Verno