*Apologies. This was supposed to come out this morning, not 11/27.
The honest and simple answer: No. Every human being contains bias within them. And when I say ‘every’ I mean all people of all races, genders, persuasions, identities, etc. It’s right to say that I (a white man) have zero idea what it’s like to be a black man. Therefore, were I to try to write from a black perspective (I haven’t and have no plan to), I would be out of my element. However, since I grew up in Southern California (Ojai) and am of the upper-middleclass, I also have no idea what it’s like to be a white working-class person in, say, West Virginia, where the opioid crisis has wreaked absolute havoc on those communities, who are mostly white and mostly in Trump Country. *(To repeat: I am NOT conservative.)
My point …
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