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Thank you for explaining. That tweet would almost certainly be considered unacceptable within my own society, because it reinforces division by a highly visible
by devrandomguy 9y ago
Thank you for explaining. That tweet would almost certainly be considered unacceptable within my own society, because it reinforces division by a highly visible, but ultimately misleading metric: skin tone. I get that there is a persistent segment of the population that needs help to achieve economic and educational parity. Surely, the group targeted by this tweet could have been identified by a label that is specific to the relevant issues, and supported by logically sound metrics?
"underprivileged" is a term we use around here, and the social systems do seem to have a sensible set of filters for it: low household income, mental illness or physical disability, lack of formal education, refugee status, etc. The good thing about a label like "underprivileged", is that a person can truly overcome it and put it behind them. It does not have to be a part of their cultural identity, it is just an environmental problem to be solved.