There are some lessons and experiences in life that can't be put into words. Doesn't mean we shouldn't make the effort but until you've lived an experience it can be difficult to fully understand- Guest DooDay.


GUEST,DooSay, thank you for your post. Fwiw, I agree with everything you've said so well.

Also, fwiw, at various times in my life, I've gone to school, worked, and "lived for in a community/neighborhood that was predominantly white...while being the minority". I'm also in the minority here-racially anyway. I don't say any of this with pride. I'm just stating a fact.

As a result of reading threads in the three years that I've been posting on Mudcat, I've learned that there are some Mudcatters who have "live[d] in a community/neighborhood that was predominantly ...black...while being the minority."

I've never been shot at for speaking my mind. I'm not sure if they ever were. But given some Mudcatters' involvement in the 1960s Civil Rights movement, that's very possible.

Does this mean that they or I have a better understanding of the race & racism in the United States than other folks who haven't experienced being in the minority with regard to race/ethnicity?

Perhaps. And then again, perhaps not. But, like you, some of our "comments are based on [our] personal experience[/s] rather than research or someone's written interpretation".

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Btw, GUEST,DooSay, if you are indeed a guest on Mudcat, I hope you continue posting here, and will join this forum.