Reply #20: I am VERY uncomfortable with the paradigm implicit in "sell out his own". [View All]

[TahitiNut]

There's something very distasteful to me that we'd/I'd impose some special expectation on ANYONE according to their skin color or ethnicity. Clearly, as a liberal I tend to assume (like many) that those who've experienced social injustices first-hand are in a position (other things being equal) to best understand what must be done to eradicate those injustices ... but I really rebel when it gets to the point of exacerbating ethnic distinctions to the point of "loyalty to race or sex or whatever" - I've seen and heard altogether too much of that from white male bigots to think it holds any merit whatsoever. I don't believe in race-based obligations - I believe more in the notion the "from whom much is given, much is expected." (Stated another way: "If you're beautiful or smart, it's because you'll need to be for the Universe has higher challenges planned for you.")