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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (249693)	9/5/2005 6:21:00 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572103

I agree totally. In many situations I claim to understand the Japanese and their legacy extremely well without being a Japanese myself, so how could I disagree? Quite often I even claim to understand many strange US cultural implications without being a Norte Americano myself, so how could my disagreement be proper? Same goes for the other countries I lived since age 12, the cultures, habits and languages of same. But those are all kind of intellectual achievements and I doubt that could project to understanding being an African American in the current USA without being one yourself. Or do you really believe I am wrong here? Taro

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (249693)	9/5/2005 6:23:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572103

Ted, I should have explained that the professor I'm talking about spent many years in Korea and is now a Korean history and literature professor. Possibly one of the foremost experts in his field. In any case, I'm just refuting what Taro said, that somehow you have to be the race in order to understand the race. That's not only incorrect, but it also contributes to the strain in race relations when someone from one race can't make honest assessments of another race. Sorry. I thought you meant the comment that the professor thinks he knows more than you what its like to be a Korean American as put down. ted