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femmedem

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4. Agreed. I'm white, but when I try to imagine being black and seeing someone in blackface

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 07:11 AM

Nov 2016

it feels like a punch to the gut.

What I'm clumsily trying to say is that I think she was culturally insensitive, but didn't intend to mock or belittle.

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when are people going to get it Skittles Nov 2016 #1

It seems she was trying to bring attention to the lack of black students in medical school femmedem Nov 2016 #2

again, it is still Skittles Nov 2016 #3

Agreed. I'm white, but when I try to imagine being black and seeing someone in blackface femmedem Nov 2016 #4

I agree with that assessment Skittles Nov 2016 #5