I can only speculate on what I would feel if I were in their shoes given my own circumstances.<p>How is that not a reasonable way to start a discussion? I recognize that I will never fully understand the perspective of a black woman, however I still live in the same society as black women and must live with the consequences of identity politics whatever my relationship with identity is.<p>I am not a black woman so what would be a reasonable way to approach this story and its wider social implications?<p>I suspect you simply don&#x27;t approve of this discussion taking place.