[lit-ideas] Re: The Strident Voice of Defeat

  • From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:14:35 -0600

PE:
What I don't understand is why a white guy is telling me what it MEANS to be 
a 'Black Person in America' if there is no way he can KNOW what it MEANS.
Ya KNOW?
Well hell, Phil, if you're going to hold me to that standard, I'll never be able to say anything. 

Mike Geary
Memphis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:25 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Strident Voice of Defeat



Mike Geary wrote:

"A black person in America is a ..."

I understand.  And I am fairly confident that Lawrence understands, though
he most likely disagrees with Mike.
What I don't understand is why a white guy is telling me what it MEANS to be 
a 'Black Person in America' if there is no way he can KNOW what it MEANS.
Ya KNOW?


Still clueless,

Phil Enns
Glen Haven, NS

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