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Originally Posted by jammies
The idea that you can never understand how someone else thinks or feels unless you have experienced their particular circumstances is interesting only as an example of a massively popular delusion. It has managed to do equal harm to social progress as the popular delusion it replaced - that old white men knew everything and understood everybody no matter what their particular circumstances.
It would be interesting to live in a world where arguments and people are judged on their good sense alone, and not their socioeconomic background or ethnic credentials. Unfortunately the trend seems to be in the opposite direction.
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You are clearly a wise latina woman!