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Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest
It's not about individual life experiences; it's about being interested in the human experience, in the American experience specifically. I'm sure that the events you've listed are known to the people of those countries or they are at least interested in knowing more about them. Not learning about or discussing your country's history just because you didn't personally have an experience is crazy to me.
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I think I may have to side with Lane on this.
I spent a large chunk of my life in very diverse cities and neighborhoods, but when I moved to one predominantly-white community, things that I thought were common sense (being an African American) weren't. It's not that they were actively ignoring some things -- they had no idea said things existed.
For me personally -- I have always been exposed to Hispanics/Latinos in my life, but had no idea of a lot of the struggles that the group has had to endure. As an A-A, it's never been on my radar. It wasn't until I was consistently around Hispanics/Latinos that I took a harder look at some of the issues facing the group. I wasn't "not interested" in the culture -- I just wasn't aware.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like Lane is talking about this on the individual level while DrPhil is speaking about it from an aggregate level.
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