I heard a good metaphor that is applicable today as American Thanksgiving . if you were sitting at a dinner table and everyone was dished up a plate of food except for you , and you hesitantly said Hey , I deserve food too ! Would that be something you would consider controversial and expect everyone else to say . while shoving their mouths ' with food , Hey , everyone deserves food ! Don ' t be racist and say just you deserves food , we all do ! . Or would you expect it to be taken as a common fact statement , since they are all being fed and you are sitting there hungry ? I would expect you to say the second . Let ' s not let our feelings get hurt over other peoples needs being put before our own , while we are taken care of and they are suffering .