How many people here actually know any African-Americans? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Cryophilia@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Not like "I went to school with one" but have had an actual friendship?

I've had a couple of conversations recently where people have confidently said things about the Black community that are ridiculously incorrect. The kind of shit where you can tell they grew up in a very white community and learned about Black history as a college freshman.

Disclaimer: I am white, but I grew up in a Black neighborhood. I was one of 3 white kids in my elementary school lol, including my brother.

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[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

Nothing is ubiquitous among any large group of people, but to suggest it's useless to speak about people as groups because of it is silly. People of similar cultural background have commonalities.

[-] scoobford@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

I'm not saying its totally useless, I'm saying gets harder and harder the larger the group gets. The commonalities get fewer and less universal as group size increases.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

It doesn't get harder, it just gets more general. Statements made about groups are not intended to be universally applicable to every single member of that group, just generally applicable.

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