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Originally Posted by Willravel
I'm arguing about poverty, simply bearing in mind that black people are disproportionately poor. I don't see what my skin color has to do with that.
Not everyone to post in this thread is white, btw.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
No offense, but you've lost your grip with reality completely. I'll tell you what, walk up to the next black person you meet and share your opinion. Let them explain to you, from their own personal experience, exactly how wrong you are.
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Will, you and I share a lot of the same political ideals. The difference is that I believe it's better to let those with actual experience share their experiences rather than presume that I know their experiences.
Presuming to know the experiences of people whose experiences I will never experience is, in my opinion, patronizing at best and dishonest at worst.
After 8 years spending my days in some of Chicago's poorest, most crime-riddled neighborhoods, I still would never presume to know what their experiences are what their lives are like.
I'd be curious to know how you became such an expert on the black American in poverty experience. Would you share it with us?