Ellen DeGeneres defends her Usain Bolt tweet some claimed was racist

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289. Usain Bolt did not grow up in this country

He obviously knows about this country's history and centuries of oppression against POC, but he did not grow up in America and have the same life experiences as those POC who did. That is not saying his opinion doesn't count, but it also doesn't mean that because he retweeted something that he may not have a complete understanding of what many POC in this country would have a better and more tangible understanding of having to deal with many forms of both unintentional racism, and racism that is born and bred out of a lack of culture awareness. I do not intend to hold this one against Ellen, as I said I believe she is not a racist. But there is a lesson that can be learned from this and that is to respect and not dismiss the objections of others, even if you yourself may not see the same offense. Just because you do not see it doesn't mean others don't as well.