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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Quite true, my interest is more of an academic one. But I'm also not interested in joining an NPHC sorority. (No offense you know  ) |
None taken.
See, academic interests are cool because we all have them. My research interests include the black community and the black church. But there's often (not always) a difference between when I study the black community versus a white person coming in to study the black community. There's historical and contemporary antagonism in that. It can make people feel like subjects who are being scrutinized and even used for something that doesn't fit a communal goal. That's how some black people feel when they vote whites into our organizations.