Re:Lifesaving advice from a black woman held at gunpoint by ...
by weberc2 on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:58PM
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I was very clear that the story doesn't depend on this. Why are you confused?
Re:Lifesaving advice from a black woman held at gunpoint by ...
by mindslight on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:26PM
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I'm not confused and it seems we're close to being in violent agreement. But I'm pointing out that where one puts the emphasis is important.
If OP has fallen into the narrative that she is especially at risk being black [0], then there is a fine line between trying to extract her from that possibly nonconstructive narrative and shouting down her entire story. This is the general problem with the identity politics tarpit - if one objects too hard at a certain collectivist narrative (in this case, racism), then they are easily pigeonholed into being the "other" in that narrative, fueling the unproductive fire.
[0] Which given the location, is likely true regardless of the overriding distribution.
It doesn't matter if the victim's narrative was that she was likely to get shot because she is black, but yet the reality is that cops are equal opportunity murderers. Either way, the victim is ultimately panicked because they're being assaulted with a deadly weapon.