Reply #33: I think you're right. And on one hand, I agree that a person's ethnicity does lend them more weight

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to discuss this issue. I find it interesting the number of times that white people say something "is not racist" while Asians, blacks, Hispanics (people who have actually experienced institutionalized racism in this country) etc. overwhelmingly believe that something is. In that case, the race of the person is an important factor.

But how does your having "black friends" or a "Puerto Rican wife" give you more credibility to speak on race?? That's the kind of thinking, or as you aptly said DU logic, that sort of cracks me up.