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Originally Posted by chriskisn
Well firstly you make an assumption based on the colour of the skin that it is saying something about a person's cultural background. That person may have exactly the same cultural background to you or I. Oh and on that topic I'm sure my cultural background is somewhat different to yours even though we share a skin colour (or we probably wouldn't be having this discussion).
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thanks for that steaming pile of condescension,
person on the other side of the world.
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Secondly it isn't as if you are saying "There were lots of people who had travelled over from India to see Stevie Nicks" hence offering a comment about a differing cultural background etc. What you (or others) are pointing out is that there are Americans of different skin colours at a show.
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to say there is one cultural experience for all americans is just naive. age, sex, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, geography, and yes, race all play a part. i assume this is true in any large country with a heterogenous population.
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To me, identifying skin colour as a difference between people for no other reason that actually pointing out there is a difference is unnecessary.
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if you won't even admit that race
can offer insight into someone's cultural background, then we can't have a conversation.