&gt; I can swear, or dress in second-hand clothes or not answer letters without having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty, or the illiteracy of my race.<p>You&#x27;ve never heard of &quot;White Trash&quot; or &quot;Rednecks&quot; (a.k.a Bogans in Australia) or how &quot;uneducated&quot; the South is in America (nevermind that Alabama outranks California in graduation ranks)?<p>&gt; I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.<p>And yet, here you are.  Speaking for all of us.