I’m saying that he can have an opinion if he wants to. Being white doesn’t make him incompetent or irrelevant when talking about non-white issues. He might not understand the full scope of the experience, but that doesn’t invalidate his opinion.
I agree with all of this, by the way. He can always have an opinion, and he can talk about non-white issues. I’m white too. I’m saying that if a bunch of black people think something is offensive, it might just be offensive despite the white dude who doesn’t think it’s offensive.
Where did I ever say otherwise?
If there’s any doubt, I’m going to go with the people who have the full scope of the experience.
and that is your choice. In some cases, I might agree, in others I would not. I think I need there to be more doubt than you do.
btw, isn’t possible that the experience could cloud judgment?
the experience can create emotion and make it personal, like in 12 angry men when the last juror had been voting guilty all along due the experiences with his own son.
And as I said, if it’s something ludicrous like Jack Black having to change his name to Jack White, that’s a different story because you aren’t going to find a bunch of black people complaining about that.
and you and only you have the right to say what is and is not ludicrous in these racial things.