yotsuya said:
Most of the people claiming it is offensive are from the same pool of White Americans as GL. Not really the group that should be leveling such a charge as that is the very group that has perpetuated these stereotypes.So which part didn’t I understand?
Just because I’m of the same group (“white Americans”) that perpetuated the stereotype, I can’t recognize when the stereotype is applied?
What am I misunderstanding?
His point was that you need to be from the group being stereotyped to understand if it is truly a racist stereotype. He was saying that most of the people noticing these things are white people in the same boat as Lucas. Taking one piece of a statement out of context to refute said statement shows immaturity.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t necessarily agree with this statement, but it sounded like you were taking his sentence the wrong way.