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Originally posted by jubilance1922
But YOU can't dictate whether or not someone can understand. You have no say in the opinions of others. Its ok if you state that YOU couldn't understand, but you can't force your opinion on anyone else.
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Again, you're missing the point.
It's completely OK for you to sympathize/empathize/understand the scenario/experience similar feelings or anger/play semantic games with any of the above. In fact, I think to deny this would be one of the worst acts you could imagine.
I'm saying that these feelings cannot be experienced in the opposite direction (majority to minority) with any degree of civility, however, and would be met with outrage (from both sides of the spectrum). Does this make sense, when broken down in this way?
My reason for bringing this point to the conversation is not pernicious, by the way. Instead, I feel that when the reciprocal relationship is met with outrage, feelings are forced under the radar, and it leads to more subtle prejudices and (ultimately) racism, which is both harder to identify and harder to attack. It's subterfuge, in a way, and to my mind it's far more pernicious than overt racism on a macro level.