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> I would think white men would be more liable to impostor syndrome due to the general favoritism towards white men. favouritism towards white men is pervasive
by zem 10y ago
> I would think white men would be more liable to impostor syndrome due to the general favoritism towards white men.
favouritism towards white men is pervasive but invisible; affirmative action is rarer but highly visible, so it gets focused on more.
- oh_sigh 10y ago> favouritism towards white men is pervasive but invisible Source please
- pessimizer 10y agoIs it really that visible? It seems to be rare in the wild. Tokenism is far more common: noticing that there are no women, so hiring a woman, or noticing that there are no non-whites, so hiring one. What definitely has been more visible is complaints about affirmative action, because the advantaged majority were the ones complaining. As whites lose their majority in numbers (in the US), and women make professional gains, that has changed, though, which is an understandable trigger for white male rage and terror. The vast majority of the bosses are still white men, though; it's the advantage of the incumbent.