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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
i am not trying to define a "black" or "white" lifestyle, but I am taking about experiences. Maybe I am taking for granted that people should know that one person DOES NOT represent the whole entire race  . i am not saying that it is practicle to do, but in theory..............
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Now as someone who has I'm SURE been turned to at many points in their life to explain what black people think, you know you can't take that for granted.
When you're a minority people often expect you to speak for your whole group. They should know better, but people always want the easy answer.
And I was just pointing out that I don't know if we could even set this up in theory- there is too much of a variety. Ethnicity, economic status, level of education, where does one begin with this theory of switching?
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