2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Party loyalty is a means of control. I vote for those who will represent me, period. [View all]Rilgin
(787 posts)You are the only one who understands life. Any experience I or any other white person or non African American person has pales in comparison to your experiences and gives no basis for understanding the human condition.
I am very sorry i suggested otherwise that maybe we as a species have similar experiences. I have some respect for you. I just think you are invested in your own presumption that no one else can understand anything. Ultimately, all your posts lecture everyone else that being African American is different than all other races. You dismiss the fact that other races have had true genocides in the 20th century and that the world is full of different race problems.
I am sorry that you you were stopped by the police who pulled a gun. I have had that happen too even while I was older. I stopped on the side of a road that was evidently near a terrorist target. Both examples are 100 degrees different than what I told you. I had a loaded gun pressed against the side of my head after being thrown to the ground while I was handcuffed and being led off by an amped policeman who was part of a police over reaction. I do not know what would have happened if I did something that this individual officer deemed threatening. Your presumption is that you dismiss anything other than the African American Experience. I do not dismiss the problems that exist in our society illustrated by all of the cases that have come to light. I just do not agree with you dismissing others based on your pigment.
For me, I am not in the same position exactly as the OP although I am long term precarious economically. My family can survive a little longer than him if things get worse but probably just a little. I just heard what he said despite the fact that his situation is not the same as mine and I certainly did not dismiss it as you did as not equal to your own racial identification. I understood what he said perfectly.
Take care again. I am sorry I jumped in here. You win the argument. I do not understand anything about life because I am not African American. My other real regret is that this sidetrack was kind of predictable in responding to your dismissal of the OP. It sidetracked from the point he made.