And from the comments, it does seem like a majority of the people asking these questions are from European/American descent. I am not finger pointing, I swear. I know that's a horribly passive-aggressive way to say it, but I really don't want to call people out because I think it's unproductive, and because I am reading through all four threads and trying to suss out common themes.

I actually think--and I am not saying you should feel obligated to do it!--but I actually think calling people out might very well be helpful. From my European-American perspective--and yes, I'm aware that means I'm speaking from a position of privilege--specifics are helpful. Saying "here's something to worry about, that you may well have no visceral understanding of because of your position of privilege--okay, go worry now!" sends me straight down the road to "well, fuck it then, I can't do anything right, so I won't bother," and I know that's not where you want the conversation to go. Whereas saying "look, here's something bad, right here," that helps.

I'm not saying you have to do this. I'm certainly not saying that you have an obligation to become LJ Queen Educator On Cultural Issues. But I wanted to respond to what I read as concern that people will feel attacked if you get into specifics, because I'm not sure that that's true. Certainly I feel much more comfortable with specifics than I do with what can feel like a kind of nebulous "hey, there are monsters in the forest there, so... be careful! But totally go in the forest anyway!" Does that make sense?