Michael Hurst
1 min readNov 20, 2021

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Yes, I am ignorant of what “a few black women” are all about. I’m not interested in that, I’m interested in what the majority of Black women, or average or typical Black women, are all about. The 3 experiences of 1 women does not speak for all Black women. Or, perhaps it does, but I would need a lot more proof than 3 cases to convince me. Not sorry about that. You can’t understand my point, because in this new “attack and blame” culture, one negative experience generates an article, with the implication that it is the same for all of the highlighted group, all the time. And if you disagree or doubt the experiences or the opinion of the writer, you are automatically labeled (choose one) racist, misogynist, homophobic, (insert label here). My experience and education makes me skeptical when a single person extrapolates one or a few of their personal experiences to the entire population of their particular group.

You don’t know me at all, you have no reasonable cause to insult me. But it’s OK, I’m no longer offended by these attacks. They are inevitable in the new American culture. We are all in our separate little tribes, and all the other tribes are our enemies. I find it sad, but it is what it is.

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Michael Hurst
Michael Hurst

Written by Michael Hurst

Economist and public policy analyst, cyclist and paddler, and incorrigible old coot.

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