> As long as you aren't trying to refute the fact that historically silenced people are the de facto authority on being "historically silenced", we're on the same page

Ok, I definitely agree with you about that

> No, I'm not calling for such an ideas to be discarded just because the source is "wrong".

Oh ok. I first got the impression that you did, thanks for replying and explaining

About the quote:

> When it comes to discussing specific experiences that minorities face,

I read that as having ideas about what to do about it, whilst you seem to have referred to what has happened to minority people in the past.

I'm thinking that "discussing" here is a bit ambiguous and I'm sorry that I didn't realize I had interpreted it differently from what you meant

> English is obviously not my first language.

Not my first either :-)

(btw I'm a bit surprised, I was guessing that you had grown up in the US in a primarily English speaking part of the country)

> You might be shocked to find that my close friends of diverse backgrounds don't see me as the strawman you described.

I'd think we would be good friends if we met

Have a good week & summer you too