It was the waistbands fault. But I feel for ya on the 3" thing. I was that size once. In the womb. When i was born they almost cut it off thinking it was my umbilical cord.
Learning how to treat an individual is different than intellectally held beliefs...unless one of your deep held beliefs is to treat people well. In which case treating others kindly trumps everything.
Yet this is a debate forum where certain personal sensitivities should be held in check by...
And this is where the mistake began. The op is about some stupid statements by a man of privilege who ignored the reality of others in less fortunate circumstances than himself.
And I see this a a dodge of the real discussion of ongoing discrimination as well as veiled superiority that says a person is better off being treated subhumanly in America.
If you are referring to me, I made no such claim as you being racist. This is a clear case of your misinterpretations. I accuse you of using straw man arguments about heritage to mask a more coherent discussion of real current events.
Am I clear enough for you?