'Benefit of the doubt' is used in opposition to usual meaning here. 'Believe the accusations I'm making when there is no evidence for them.' https://twitter.com/RoundSqrCupola/status/910336631139381248 …
I'd be biased in their favour, obviously. But in this context, it's about the reading of a situation. Is it racist/sexist or not.
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But that's what the article is about - a personal experience that black women have, how do you give evidence for that?
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Isn't them retelling their stories a form of evidence, I mean eye witness account does count as evidence in a trial.
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"When the racism isn’t blatant or doesn’t appear to exist at all, we want them to give us the benefit of the doubt. "
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"Because we’ve trained ourselves to be able to sense it—even in minute and barely perceptible amounts." This is subjective interpretation.
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