[quote=njtosd][quote=SK in CV][quote=njtosd][quote=SK in CV][quote=FlyerInHi]
NSR, I do agree that Black people are often too sensitive and unnecesarily worry about being dissed. But I do understand why.
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I don’t get this. If you’ve never been black (which I presume you haven’t), how can you possibly know if “Black people are often too sensitive”? You can’t possibly ever see anything from the perspective of a black man. And I can tell you from first hand experience, if you’ve ever been part of a minority that has been discriminated against, the world does not look the same.[/quote]
Just for the sake of argument – since you can only know your own perspective, whatever that may be, how can you know “the world does not look the same” as it does to someone else? That would require understanding two perspectives and comparing them, which you have said can’t be done. All that being said, I think the “too sensitive” comment was an unjustified sweeping generalization – but Brian knows I disagree with him most of the time.[/quote]
I guess I can’t know that the world does not look the same. What I do know is that I’ve been sensitive to what others have said or done, and others couldn’t see my perspective. But none of the others had ever opened up a job rejection letter that said “We won’t hire you because we don’t hire jew boys”.[/quote]
I think you would have a hard time finding someone who hasn’t been excluded from something for reasons of prejudice. Women, those who are short, tall, not wealthy, not attractive, not from a certain cultural background, etc, etc. have all felt it. In the Upper peninsula of Michigan, they make fun of (and discriminate against) the Finns. The key is finding a way to succeed notwithstanding the prejudice.[/quote]
You’ve missed my point. Which is that calling a reaction to something like the referenced red cross poster “too sensitive” is absurd. Everyone’s perception is different. Obviously, some here don’t have any problem with it. Some even search for absurd excuses why it can’t possibly be racist. Even two members of the same group may have different reactions.
