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Privileged people. Probably more the former than the latter. And I think the former is a worthy goal in and of itself.

I love understanding other people's worldview. It's one of the things I live for, actually. But...this isn't the way to accomplish that.

But what I'm saying is, you understanding isn't the point, or not the only point. I mean it's a very literary theory argument...

But isn't it nice to have language that reflects your reality? Isn't that good and useful in and of itself?

I believe language exists for the purposes of communication *between* people. If it's not doing that, it's not working.

Okay, a practical example of what I'm talking about: I've spent a lot of this twitter-conversation (and a lot of MANY convos I have in life)

Thinking, "how can I phrase this in a way that won't scare off this white man?" That's been a constant of anti-racist work for a LONG time.

Wouldn't it be nice if we had a paradigm where black folks could share their experiences WITHOUT spending our energy finding ways...