Fair enough. I agree that Dale perhaps could have included words along the lines of “I understand the hurt the Asian community must be feeling but...”.
This might be a minor point, but personally I think it’s better to avoid making generalizations of how an entire community must be feeling. Some members of the Asian community are unaware of recent events, while others may not be particularly affected by them. Perhaps something more along the lines of “I understand many people in the Asian community are feeling hurt right now” would be generally better.
In theory at least, pointing out that someone may be mistaken about something that has been troubling them can be comforting.
Whether or not this works in practice I’m less sure about.
Totally agree, that just wasn’t my view of this situation.
Fair enough. I agree that Dale perhaps could have included words along the lines of “I understand the hurt the Asian community must be feeling but...”.
This might be a minor point, but personally I think it’s better to avoid making generalizations of how an entire community must be feeling. Some members of the Asian community are unaware of recent events, while others may not be particularly affected by them. Perhaps something more along the lines of “I understand many people in the Asian community are feeling hurt right now” would be generally better.