Reply #196: If I benefited from it. I'm not aware of how.

[Wizard777]

I was born on the tail end of the depression. My parents were poor. But not desperately poor. In those days you would have more problems NOT saying the now infamous "N word." I didn't use it. I even got into fights at times because I wouldn't disparage or mistreat blacks. I would talk to them, not down to or at then, and even associated with them. What it comes down to is they were different. If your going to tell me I don't know what it's like to be different. Boy are you barking up the wrong tree and it's a Sequoia. I'm 6' 11". So Yes I do know what it's like to be treated different because of your physical attributes or appearance. I can still remember playing with some friend when a guy came walking down the street and confronted me. What are you doing playing with those little kids? What are you some kid of retard? You kids shouldn't be playing with him. One of my friends spun around and told him. Mister he's the youngest one here and if you make him cry we're gonna kick your butt! Most of the barriers I've encountered in life haven't been legal. They've been physical. So yeah I do know what it's like to different and treated differently because of it. So it is possible for me to have empathy instead of sympathy.