James A. Donald wrote: > > Same principle as one can apply to Henry Louis Gates. "Do you > > know who I am!", Gates tells the cop. The arrogant voice of the > > ruler to the ruled.
h0ost wrote: > Except, in the Gates example, Gates (as a U.S. citizen) is the ruler > - at least theoretically. If Gates was speaking as a US citizen, rather than as one of the ruling class who rules over US subjects, would not demand that the cop should know who he is.
