(06-04-2020 01:21 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(06-04-2020 12:41 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(06-04-2020 11:47 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(06-04-2020 11:43 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  I have no idea of the extent and manner of your involvement with the "black community", especially the ones living in the inner city. If I were to bet, I would assume you live in mostly white housing in a mostly white neghborhood far from the inner city, but I could be wrong. Maybe you are the lone white guy in a black neighborhood. I know one such liberal and admire him for living his convictions. But my guess is what you hear from the black community you hear through the TV.

You are way off on this one, OO.

I guess I was right on the others, then, since they were not bolded.

So where and how do you hear from the "black community"?

Yes. I'm definitely not the lone white guy living in a black neighborhood. I live in a mostly white neighborhood which (like most of Houston) has areas of lower-income housing not that far way. My living situation is completely unremarkable. Nothing about where I live would suggest that I am an authority on inner-city black people and I have yet to present myself as such.

I hear from the "black community" from people who are near and dear to me that I speak with on a regular basis. Not daily but more than once/week. Sometimes we discuss the issues that we cover on this forum.