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I can't imagine why people might feel that the opinions of white men might be well respresented already.

What about that individual's opinion? Or do you mean to say that because of their gender and race, they already conform to your stereotype?

Non-white people already often feel like they are spoken over.

The world does not suffer for a lack of opinions on anything from white people -- it's fair to say such opinions are even overrepresented in the world of available writing.

If people already well-represented care about diversity, they should help some of the not-well-represented speak up.

So all white men hold the same opinion? Or is there a finite number of opinions capable of being held by white men, and all of them are represented adequately in print?

Weird statement, either way.

It's not weird. If we were deciding between green shoes or pink shoes and all we heard were opinions from people who own green shoes, it would be weird. Does that mean all green shoed people think the same? No. But clearly we'd like to hear from everyone to make an informed decision.

Your analogy is a bit flawed as the color of my shoes is something I can chose and change at any point in time.

If I was born with green feet and you were born with pink ones, perhaps my opinions should hold the same weight as the guy born with pink feet. Just because you were born with pink feet doesn't make you any more or less special than me.

> Just because you were born with pink feet doesn't make you any more or less special than me.

No one said that. Feeling insecure?

Not in the least, but thanks for trying to make it personal.

I'm just pointing out that you saying that because someone is from the majority then their opinion counts less is flawed.

The opinions of one group do not represent the individuals therein.

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