Most of us have probably seen the Fox interview with Reza Aslan where the anchor repeatedly asks him why, as a Muslim, he would want to or could properly write about a character in Christian religion.
It's "fitting" that the following cases have likely never been questioned in the same way:
1. Straight congressmen deciding what rights gay Americans get
2. Men deciding how a woman should be medically treated
3. White guys talking about the background of a black president
4. .. get creative.
The very idea that someone from one background couldn't/shouldn't have interest in someone from another background, or that they could possibly credibly understand something about them is disturbing. Are we to believe that ignoring the "others" outright is ever a way forward in the world?
** - the title is taken from one of my favorite forum comment mis-spellings.
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