inyati13":star7wq4 said:
See, I cannot open my big mouth without sticking my foot in it.
:nod: :nod:
inyati13":star7wq4 said:
I can never have a first hand experience of being a black man. Therefore, they get all my compassion and sympathy.
That statement is offensively patronising. It's evident that I can't rephrase it in a manner that will show you for yourself (I tried, but the 'balance' is different applied that way).
I know this because I belong to a group to which such statements are frequently applied. Each time I hear such a thing I get those prickles of anger... because I don't want any-one's compassion, I just want to be allowed to do exactly what I'd be allowed to do with no comment if I'd been born with the right appendages and been classified male.
(like getting a job working with cattle... like walking home after dark.)
djinwa: very good (and true) post.
I've often thought that the more I discover about psychology the less I like humans and the more intelligent cattle appear.