Reply #43: That's not the right approach to ending racism.

[jobycom]

Trying to replace negative stereotypes with positive stereotypes is like trying to drown in spring water instead of creek water. The problem is the stereotyping. Looking for "something positive and likable about middle eastern men" is not much different than looking for something negative. The problem is the judging of people you don't know by qualities you assume all or many of them within an arbitrar grouping have, using your own cultural and personal indoctrinations as a standard.

Look for historical or current figures in your artificial grouping you do like. Learn more about the culture you are denigrating. That will be complicated, since "Middle Eastern" is about as unified a culture as "North American" or "female," and that in itself is something you should realize. Try to understand that your perceptions are based on what you have been taught, just as are everyone else's.

Without knowing more about what makes you angry, that's the most I can say, really.