Reply #40: the ability to define reality for others [View All]

and expect that definition to stick. NOTHING raises my hackles faster than those who do not understand racism patronizing me with their definitions.

It's the ability to drive without being harassed. It's the ability to walk through a store without being followed. It's the ability to stand in front of a 5 star hotel in an Armani suit and NOT have someone thrust their keys at you admonishing you not to dent their car. It's the ability to sit in a concert hall to hear a string quartet without having hundreds of people STARING at you. It's the ability to step on a train and walk toward your assigned seat in first-class without having the food cart operator block your path saying, "Second class is back there." It's the PRIVILEGE of being oblivious to how daily doses of such experiences wound the spirit...