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I can relate to the feeling of being a 'silent' minority. As an introverted white guy who lives in a foreign country, I feel that I am being discriminated again

I can relate to the feeling of being a 'silent' minority. As an introverted white guy who lives in a foreign country, I feel that I am being discriminated against all the time. I literally have to force myself to act extroverted in order to succeed in the workplace. People just assume that if you're a guy, you're just a confident hussler. I know several introverted white guys who are extremely qualified but missed out on job offers because they were honest about their qualifications and didn't talk themselves up like some other guys do. Being introverted, shy or weak isn't necessarily a female attribute. The fact that someone assumes that makes THEM the sexist one.

yardie 10y ago
> As an introverted white guy who lives in a foreign country, I feel that I am being discriminated against all the time. This is, literally, what it feels like to be a minority in the US and most European countries. Everything about you is questionable, you get slighted all the time, and you're the representative of an entire ethnicity. So whatever you do or opinions you hold are representative of the entire group.
- coldtea 10y ago
  Except if you make it to "fame/success status". Then you can use the minority card all the time in your favour.
  - kweinber 10y ago
    Kind of like MLK, or Malcolm X, or Marcus Garvey, etc. etc.? What about those minorities wrongfully imprisoned for long periods of time for nothing short of suspicion before being released with no charges (or worse)? I'm pretty sure their public removal was a little harsher and unfair without a so-called minority card to play.
    - coldtea 10y ago
      >Kind of like MLK, or Malcolm X, or Marcus Garvey, etc. etc.? No, kind of like in 2016. >What about those minorities wrongfully imprisoned for long periods of time for nothing short of suspicion before being released with no charges (or worse)? What about them? I've talked about famous people.
  - yardie 10y ago
    More likely they are invoking their famous card. The minority card had no advantages. Chris Rock pointed out that in being a black actor he is not allowed to make a bad/questionable movie. He makes one bad film and and all of black Hollywood is out of work for a year.
    - coldtea 10y ago
      >More likely they are invoking their famous card. The minority card had no advantages. I think if you're famous/succesful, the minority/victim card can be played to your advantage too. If you're a poor/unknown minority, nobody gives a fuck. The same way few care or write indignant posts for sex trafficking victims or exploited immigrant people, but if some minority member at some $1000/person conference hears something they that hurts their feelings, it warrants a small media/social-media storm. It's the upper middle class minority version of "white people's problems".
tajen 10y ago
The quantity of white males who are removed from their position in a possibly career-ending way without trial or due explanation (e.g. Mozilla CEO, GitHub CEO, various conferences, colleagues), plus the quantity of government aid and help that are offered based on people's gender, and not based on people's weaknesses, now makes me uncomfortable. White males who work hard deserve a life too.
- tajen 10y ago
  22 points on the comment above (which I can't edit anymore). As the 74th comment on a page (of 640 points), it's a pretty good score: I would say that gender justice is a feeling shared by many people.

yardie 10y ago

> As an introverted white guy who lives in a foreign country, I feel that I am being discriminated against all the time. This is, literally, what it feels like to be a minority in the US and most European countries. Everything about you is questionable, you get slighted all the time, and you're the representative of an entire ethnicity. So whatever you do or opinions you hold are representative of the entire group.

coldtea 10y ago
Except if you make it to "fame/success status". Then you can use the minority card all the time in your favour.
- kweinber 10y ago
  Kind of like MLK, or Malcolm X, or Marcus Garvey, etc. etc.? What about those minorities wrongfully imprisoned for long periods of time for nothing short of suspicion before being released with no charges (or worse)? I'm pretty sure their public removal was a little harsher and unfair without a so-called minority card to play.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >Kind of like MLK, or Malcolm X, or Marcus Garvey, etc. etc.? No, kind of like in 2016. >What about those minorities wrongfully imprisoned for long periods of time for nothing short of suspicion before being released with no charges (or worse)? What about them? I've talked about famous people.
- yardie 10y ago
  More likely they are invoking their famous card. The minority card had no advantages. Chris Rock pointed out that in being a black actor he is not allowed to make a bad/questionable movie. He makes one bad film and and all of black Hollywood is out of work for a year.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >More likely they are invoking their famous card. The minority card had no advantages. I think if you're famous/succesful, the minority/victim card can be played to your advantage too. If you're a poor/unknown minority, nobody gives a fuck. The same way few care or write indignant posts for sex trafficking victims or exploited immigrant people, but if some minority member at some $1000/person conference hears something they that hurts their feelings, it warrants a small media/social-media storm. It's the upper middle class minority version of "white people's problems".

tajen 10y ago

The quantity of white males who are removed from their position in a possibly career-ending way without trial or due explanation (e.g. Mozilla CEO, GitHub CEO, various conferences, colleagues), plus the quantity of government aid and help that are offered based on people's gender, and not based on people's weaknesses, now makes me uncomfortable. White males who work hard deserve a life too.

tajen 10y ago
22 points on the comment above (which I can't edit anymore). As the 74th comment on a page (of 640 points), it's a pretty good score: I would say that gender justice is a feeling shared by many people.