Are you LGBT? Are you a PoC? Are you a Woman? No? Then your cis-straight white male OPINIONS *are* invalid! PS - It's not about YOU! https://twitter.com/CharlieJThomas/status/905171518778482690 …
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Empathy is more personal. Sorry, but you can't really empathize with a black persons struggles. Have all the sympathy you want.
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Yes, we can. We can all empathise with each other. If I have a miscarriage & feel grief, a man can know what grief feels like.
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Omg. You just want to argue. Look up the definition. There is nothing wrong with sympathy. For example:...
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Have u ever been afraid u would get shot by a cop b/c you're black? No? Then you can't empathize. You can have sympathy for someone who has.
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Have you read Bloom on empathy? That's probably the most recent thorough exploration of the topic. Cognitive vs emotional.
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I have not. Have u ever been afraid that you would get shot by a cop b/c you're black or for any reason?
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If I told you that I fear that I could die or be irreparably brain damaged at any moment, could you really not imagine what that feels like?
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