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"Hey, he’s probably been to LA and NYC. Thats like all of America"

😂I know what it's like to be black in America because I've spent a lot of time living in America. Most of my extended family is in America. And this, for the record, is an ad hominem. An ad hominem based on no actual knowledge of me or my life to boot. The only reason you know who I am is because I write about race, often about race in America, and I do so accurately enough that I've got quite a large audience.

I have to find links on the internet for you because how else am I supposed to demonstrate anything to you? Certainly you're not going to take my word for it. And clearly you've not spoken to any black people about it yourself. I didn't say that they spoke for everybody. That, as we're talking debate fallacies, is a straw man. You said that the number was zero percent. It's not.

But yes, you've reduced the entire black experience in America to college diversity admissions, rap music, and sagging pants. In the first of these areas, yes, there are some advantages to being black. But if this represents being black in America to you, I'm not sure I'll ever get through to you.

Stop treating this like a fight. Accept the possibility that you might be missing something here. Recognise that even if you are, nothing bad is going to happen. In fact, you'll come away with a broader understanding if you allow yourself to.

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