I'm not salty about his take at all. Tried to discuss it and it backfired.
Honestly I am pretty self conscious the last few years to not come off as biased or unfair to people who might act, live, or whatever a different way than I am used to and interpret that or manifest it negatively. There are definitely a lot of ways of speaking about things or stereotypes that were very prevalent where I grew up that took a long time for me to learn "this is fucked up". I'd rather know I'm coming off wrong and how to not do so in the future. So if it seems like I am coming down harder on Black skaters who do things I don't care for I'd rather know and have that internal dialogue and correct how I come across. I never want to marginalize someone or have them feel I am doing so.
Like with Beatrice I don't have the POV of a younger Black female to know if she is inspiring or transformative, which was a point I didn't immediately think of.
I dunno, I kinda thought this is how being an adult that tries to grow and be a less subconscious or consciously shitty person is.
You seem like a smart guy. Always talking about studies and statistics, like you could be a quantitative analyst. Idk you seem to be striving to be better, and that's a good thing. Are you a learned man? How far did you get in your educational career? Where did you grow up? Was it the city? Or the country? Are you older than 28? What's your credit card number and that 3-digit code on the back of the card? That last one was a joke.
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But here's the deal: I once heard the phrase, "To know is to know that you don't know." Always move about life like you do not know all the answers. Don't jump to conclusions all the time or hold strong opinions. When that checkout girl at the supermarket is kind of a jerk to you, know that you don't know if her mom just died or her partner just broke up with her.
If I were to give you any piece of advice, I would say do not be comfortable with being in the position where you need to be corrected on how you come across. Instead, be proactive in correcting yourself and curtailing that under your own discretion, before you speak or write or act, so that you find yourself in the position where you need to be corrected or correct yourself publicly fewer and fewer times.
My point earlier was if you got kooked 40 times in the span of two or three days, you probably didn't bother one person; you probably bothered 20 or 30 ppl. And that's an indication that perhaps you were being unnecessarily opinionated and likely overly negative.
Glad you are trying to work on yourself though, props.
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