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Originally posted by KSig RC
I will go on a limb here and say that if one were to construct a situation in which a white individual became frustrated with his treatment by people of minority status, then committed a hate crime, and other white folks had experienced similar frustration, they would be eviscerated for voicing that kind of absurd connection to the hate crime.
Now, I realize that this would certainly be different from endemic issues concerning black Americans, and I realize that we'll never solve the "is there a uniquely African American experience?" debate on Greekchat. But honestly, read the above paragraph, and try to look at your statements objectively. If not sickeningly apologist, then it's definitely grandstanding on a tragedy. I'm sorry I can't relate to that better.
-RC
--Just saying. Not blaming. It's a "part of solution/part of problem" scenario.
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Well then we will just agree to disagree. I never said that I was apologizing for or justifying his actions. I said that I know what it feels like to be treated horribly because of my skin color. And I'm not going to apologize for relating my personal experiences to a situation just because you don't think its "PC".
The better discussion would be on how we get to a point where race is no longer an issue.