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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I was mostly responding to transplant, your post was just a lead-in. Why exactly would you even ask me about my experience if you’ve already decided I talk about things I know nothing about without having any idea about who I am?
You don’t actually need to be an expert to have an educated opinion on something. Sometimes you can take your own experiences, the experiences of your friends and loved ones, you can read books and actually learn about our history and current events. You can combine all of this things and generally they will help you form an educated opinion. Really, the first step is to actually give a #### about the world around you, because generally that’s required to learn.
At the end of the day though, my opinions are just that, and if you don’t like them and think I’m just constantly talking out of my ass, use the ignore function. Nobody cares. If you want to actually engage in conversation about the topic and you’ve got something relevant to say, let’s hear it.
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Well you could read 100 books on being a black man in America, but unless you are one, you probably have no idea what it’s like. Sure, you can take an educated guess, but to state it as fact would be silly.