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People in Africa become used to waking up hungry with no clean water. They grow to expect that. It doesn't become as difficult. Anyway, they are different people with different lives, but their emotions are the same. Just because something is less severe in your mind does not mean that it cannot be painful for anyone else to deal with. Think of phobias. There are people who are horrified of inanimate objects, and it is evident in their behavior when presented with their fear that they are experiencing excruciating terror. Their fear may seem irrational to you, but it is still fear. Think about school. There could be a perennially underachieving student who, one day, gets an A- on a test and is ecstatic. On the other end, there could be a student who would be disappointed in an A-. It all has to do with how we are individually conditioned to experience life. Do you understand?
You're thinking of perception. The reality is that the person in Africa is living a worse life than the person in a NYC penthouse. Point. Blank. Period. You can't argue that a hovel with no food and starving children is better than a penthouse. It just doesn't work.
I was a lefty, now I'm not so sure :wesobi:
Than you think that all lives matter, not just blacks?
Of course. You seem to think only white matters matter though. I believe everyone is born into this world equally regardless of a plethora of things(Race, Gender, Sexual preference, etc. etc.).