> Pointing out that those venues were full of anti-everything hate is not dismissing a black person's experience, it's validating it, while pointing out that he's not alone.
But it implicitly implies the negative experiences were similar in scale unless otherwise noted.
It downplays the very large weight that racism adds to the negativity of that experience even if the intent is a noble one of making that person not feel alone.
Or, maybe you’re the one projecting negativity for assuming that the existence of another anecdote downplays the black one in play? I give it no such credence.
But it implicitly implies the negative experiences were similar in scale unless otherwise noted.
It downplays the very large weight that racism adds to the negativity of that experience even if the intent is a noble one of making that person not feel alone.