[AfroMullet]

Originally Posted by Livia

I'm a women, and I'm a Jew. Two sections of society that have been discriminated against for centuries... but I'm not black. Do you consider I have a right to speak about discrimination? Or because my skin is white, do you think I don't understand what discrimination is?

Of course you know what discrimination is, in certain circles Jewish people are seen as devils, there believed to control the world with underground secret socioties, etc etc. Thats your stuggle, i dont know what its like to be called a devil, then i have my own stuggle, you dont know what its like to be called a ****** or a coon. Everyone has a basic understanding of what discrimination and stuggle is, but no one can understand another mans stuggle.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by AfroMullet

Of course you know what discrimination is, in certain circles Jewish people are seen as devils, there believed to control the world with underground secret socioties, etc etc. Thats your stuggle, i dont know what its like to be called a devil, then i have my own stuggle, you dont know what its like to be called a ****** or a coon. Everyone has a basic understanding of what discrimination and stuggle is, but no one can understand another mans stuggle.

That's one of the saddest things I've ever read.

[AfroMullet]

Originally Posted by Livia

That's one of the saddest things I've ever read.

How is that sad? Go on then, tell me what its like to spend a week in the shoes of a young black male, who doesnt know his father, his mums works for a minimum wage, lives in a council estate in Hackney, doesnt have a job dispite applying constantly, and routinly gets pulled and harassed by police for no good reason.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by AfroMullet

How is that sad? Go on then, tell me what its like to spend a week in the shoes of a young black male, who doesnt know his father, his mums works for a minimum wage, lives in a council estate in Hackney, doesnt have a job dispite applying constantly, and routinly gets pulled and harassed by police for no good reason.

What you just said is also true of many many white males/females though.

Its not exclusive to people with a certain skin colour.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by AfroMullet

How is that sad? Go on then, tell me what its like to spend a week in the shoes of a young black male, who doesnt know his father, his mums works for a minimum wage, lives in a council estate in Hackney, doesnt have a job dispite applying constantly, and routinly gets pulled and harassed by police for no good reason.

I can't tell you exactly what it's like to spend a week in the shoes of a young black male. And if it's never discussed, how will I ever know fully? You seem to be annoyed that people are discussing it, but that's how people learn about each other and their problems. Nothing will ever be solved by people not learning about each other because they're frightened of upsetting you, and you do seem really upset.

If I can't learn about your struggles, I will end up as misinformed and ignorant of your culture as you clearly are of mine. How will that ever help any of us to understand each other?