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0 pointseducaysean5y ago0 comments

As long as you aren't trying to refute the fact that historically silenced people are the de facto authority on being "historically silenced", we're on the same page.

And for the sake of clarity - Yes, anyone can and will conjure up great ideas and solutions. No, I'm not calling for such an ideas to be discarded just because the source is "wrong".

For your convenience, let me paste my original comment that you had a beef with:

> Your opinion is valid regardless of your privilege. When it comes to discussing specific experiences that minorities face, however, you should defer to the experts in the area who have lived their entire lives being in the seat of discrimination. Hope that made sense.

I thought it was clearly implied that the voice of the discriminated be priotitized over others 'in the events of clashing opinions'. If that wasn't the case, then I apologize for my weak writing. English is obviously not my first language.

Lastly, when you engage in a discussion with a minority person in matters regards to treatment of minority groups, do not be surprised that terms like "we" "us" and "your" get thrown around. It's simply how conversations naturally flow around such topics, and not indicative of the speaker's bias towards identity politics. You might be shocked to find that my close friends of diverse backgrounds don't see me as the strawman you described. And that's not even mentioning my wife and her family.

Have a good week mate!

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cutemonster5y ago

> As long as you aren't trying to refute the fact that historically silenced people are the de facto authority on being "historically silenced", we're on the same page

Ok, I definitely agree with you about that

> No, I'm not calling for such an ideas to be discarded just because the source is "wrong".

Oh ok. I first got the impression that you did, thanks for replying and explaining

About the quote:

> When it comes to discussing specific experiences that minorities face,

I read that as having ideas about what to do about it, whilst you seem to have referred to what has happened to minority people in the past.

I'm thinking that "discussing" here is a bit ambiguous and I'm sorry that I didn't realize I had interpreted it differently from what you meant

> English is obviously not my first language.

Not my first either :-)

(btw I'm a bit surprised, I was guessing that you had grown up in the US in a primarily English speaking part of the country)

> You might be shocked to find that my close friends of diverse backgrounds don't see me as the strawman you described.

I'd think we would be good friends if we met

Have a good week & summer you too

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