Brooks had an answer for that: ?Your experience does not compare to mine. What you are experiencing as a minority probably has been blown out of proportion here,? she said to Pereya, telling him that Hispanic deprivations could not compare to ?a history where there is a pattern of intentional discrimination against black folk.?
She continued, wagging a didactic finger Pereya?s way: ?You asked to come here. You asked to come here. We did not. And when we got here, our condition was so egregious, so barbaric. Don?t ever let that come out of your mouth again, because ? you know what? ? that only hurts your case. Don?t compare the two. They?re not comparable.?