For the last few days I’ve been having a debate over the following quote on a forum (the name has been changed):<\/p>\n
\n“Jane Doe is black and angry, so truthfulness, House Rules and general Golden Rules don’t apply to her…”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That quote was just part of an ongoing (personal) feud between Jane, the author of that quote (let’s call him Archie), and a few other people who have had issues with Jane. <\/p>\n
I took issue with that statement because to me it is a thinly veiled statement about any ‘angry Black’ person. The author of that quote, as well as (at least) one other person thinks that I am out of my mind for thinking that way. They claim that it’s just a statement about ‘Jane Doe’. My point is that Archie went out of his way to make it known that Jane is, according to him, an angry Black person. Couldn’t he have made his point without mentioning the fact that she’s Black? So the way I see it is that Archie’s assigning the characteristics of lying and nonconformance to rules (or the ‘system’ not applying to rules) to all angry Black people in general, not just Jane. <\/p>\n
I’d like your feedback. Am I reading too much into that statement?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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