How to get insulted
This is dedicated to Jason, George, j. brotherlove and Aaron in particular, and to every "social hierarchically-challenged" person who recognizes the situation in general.
I get deeply dispassionate when writing about race. Not so about living it. T'ain't possible. My dispassion, however, allows me to avoid accusations of unwarranted anger. In fact, I find a non-angry Black man writing about racial realities confuses the hell out of toads.
I tweak my vocabulary when writing about race because people don't feel comfortable giving advice to people whose every third word they have to run through their online thesaurus.
I would like to serve notice, though, that anyone who presents me with an opportunity such as
Fortunately, it hasn't come up yet. But if it weren't so long I'd rotate this post, the warning about assuming my reasoning is the same as someone elses, and the warning on the comments page.
