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> That's the attitude that leads many to "find it more virtuous to hire a wealthy black man or a wealthy white woman than to hire a poor white man This is ridi
by FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
> That's the attitude that leads many to "find it more virtuous to hire a wealthy black man or a wealthy white woman than to hire a poor white man
This is ridiculous on its face. The comparison is nonsensical. If I'm hiring someone for a job, I'm going to pay them the same wage so they're going to be roughly at the same income level.
Also, that's not true. For example, I'm a black man with a white barber. Why? Because he cuts my hair better than anyone else.
> Identity politics means judging someone first and foremost by their race, gender, and sexuality.
Funny. When I was taking part in various equality movements, the whole point was to NOT judge someone based on their race, gender, or sexuality. Looking past the exterior husk and judging someone on the content of their character was the point. I still don't like most people. However, it's not because they are part of some particular group, but because I just find something off-putting towards that particular person and I won't generalize my distaste to a whole group of individuals.
Amongst friends, I make fun of every group under the sun. Racial jokes, female jokes, I throw around racial slurs amongst friends as well. Some of my white friends greet me by saying 'What's up nigga." I'm pretty colorful with my language as well. It may surprise you, but a lot of us grew up with the sticks and stones may break bones, but words never hurt mentality. For me, words only have the power that you give them.
We're not all stereotypical white knight, social justice warriors seeking safe spaces and stifling dissent on college campuses. I'm not going to twitter shame you for making a blonde joke. If you can't look past your own biases and judge people on their own merits rather than taking lazy mental shortcuts, what hope is there?
I never called Trump supporters sexist. I called Trump sexist.
- leereeves 10y agoThen I'm with you. That's the attitude I'd like to see from the left. But it's not the attitude of so many who did call people sexist for voting for Trump, and of Clinton herself who said half of Trump's supporters were "deplorable". I hope people like you and me can take back the left from "stereotypical white knight, social justice warriors seeking safe spaces and stifling dissent on college campuses". (And the quote you found ridiculous wasn't from me, but I thought the author meant from a wealthy background vs a poor background.)