I was going to make an argument for acknowledging "I value *blah*" being potentially acceptable, but then I thought more about applying it in re: racial groups. I think it's more in defense of my elitism, because I can't think of something I value that leads to racial assumptions, just classist ones.
Like I value courtesy, by the standards of manners to which I am accustomed, intelligence as displayed in an educational/interest background compatible with mine, etc.
Which leads to the conclusion that while I'll be polite and all to people who don't really fit with my value set, we're not likely to be friends, particularly.
Which then follows on to cultural barriers. Like, I have friends from different cultural backgrounds, but we have to have enough of a crossover of experience/interests to really be friends. Then again, that's not really racist either, I think; it's difficult to bond with someone with whom you have nothing in common.
So, I'm not sure what my point is, that's all a bit stream of consciousness.
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Like I value courtesy, by the standards of manners to which I am accustomed, intelligence as displayed in an educational/interest background compatible with mine, etc.
Which leads to the conclusion that while I'll be polite and all to people who don't really fit with my value set, we're not likely to be friends, particularly.
Which then follows on to cultural barriers. Like, I have friends from different cultural backgrounds, but we have to have enough of a crossover of experience/interests to really be friends. Then again, that's not really racist either, I think; it's difficult to bond with someone with whom you have nothing in common.
So, I'm not sure what my point is, that's all a bit stream of consciousness.