'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 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
If your friend tells you about an event that happened to them do you automatically believe them or require evidence for it?
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Replying to @naamamarom
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @naamamarom @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @naamamarom
"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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Replying to @HPluckrose
"Because we’ve trained ourselves to be able to sense it—even in minute and barely perceptible amounts—because our safety depends on our
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Yes. I don't think we should be going on what someone 'senses' is underlying another person's words. Benefit of doubt for the speaker
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