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Message: [QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 2167297, member: 2585"] You read a lot into my question, friend. I'm honestly interested why the idea of privilege pisses texascpa off. My initial comment in this thread was not about privilege. My initial comment wasn't about handling Eskridge with kid gloves or about giving him a pass. Since he's not here to explain his comments, we're left at trying to guess a bit at his intent. I simply pointed to the idea that a black kid who grows up around violence probably sees the criminal justice system through a different set of eyes than a white kid from semi-suburban NY (me). It's acknowledging the possible differences and not judging his comments through my experiences, fully. If he were here, we could talk about those differences and find a common ground somewhere. Since he's not - we can disagree with his take while acknowledging there might be different world-views involved. [/QUOTE]