LousyResident
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We all have experience with a small, non-representative, minority of a thousand different "communities" which we don't represent. I could point to my mixed race family members, my minority spouse (woman and Latina, double points!), my further mixed race children, or my engaged, gay sibling (the wedding of which I'll attend in November), but to insinuate that I can speak for those larger communities as a whole is nonsense.
As a matter of fact, to assume that any of the above "groups" thinks cohesively is bigotry in and of itself. I can tell you for certain that my wife holds significantly different opinions on any number of topics compared to even her family let alone the larger Latin/Hispanic American "community."
How about we defend our friends and loved ones from situations in which he/she/they feel uncomfortable or scared and leave the larger "community" to speak for themselves? At least that is something we have some relative control over, unlike assuming offense or weakness on behalf of people you don't even personally known.
Besides, insinuating that my gay, Navy veteran, pistol toting, big game hunting, bada** sister is scared or uncomfortable entering anywhere because she's gay is about as stupid a thing as I ever heard.
As a matter of fact, to assume that any of the above "groups" thinks cohesively is bigotry in and of itself. I can tell you for certain that my wife holds significantly different opinions on any number of topics compared to even her family let alone the larger Latin/Hispanic American "community."
How about we defend our friends and loved ones from situations in which he/she/they feel uncomfortable or scared and leave the larger "community" to speak for themselves? At least that is something we have some relative control over, unlike assuming offense or weakness on behalf of people you don't even personally known.
Besides, insinuating that my gay, Navy veteran, pistol toting, big game hunting, bada** sister is scared or uncomfortable entering anywhere because she's gay is about as stupid a thing as I ever heard.