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Do you really not get that VISIBILITY is the first step to change and things improving? I think you've focused on the right question: is highlighting superfici

by nkurz 11y ago

Do you really not get that VISIBILITY is the first step to change and things improving? I think you've focused on the right question: is highlighting superficial differences now the best way to reduce discrimination against superficial differences in the future? I don't find it obviously true, but I'm open the the possibility that it is. What's convinced you that it's the best approach? What would convince you that it's not?

ck2 11y ago
In a perfect country where there was wasn't 100 years of slavery, if women had the right to vote from the start, equal pay, etc. sure, you would scratch your head at showcasing minorities. But now our country has "original sin". Countering the damage that has been done by the generational, institutional holding back of minorities takes great effort. There are far too many people who think there are no women who code, now add minorities to the mix. So yes, right now we have to highlight such achievements. Someday it won't be necessary.