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Can I ask why you were thinking about what race/gender/ethnicity etc. he was while reading the article?
by brad0 9y ago
Can I ask why you were thinking about what race/gender/ethnicity etc. he was while reading the article?
- samcodes 9y agoBecause when someone makes the argument that "ok now discrimination has gotten out of hand" it usually is implied "... Now that I'm the target!" Which would imply the author isn't used to being the target of discrimination, which would imply middle aged white male. The point I was trying to jokingly bring up is a valid one, I think. How much of what we do leaks identity-related metadata? How much are of the responses we get are responses to that inferred metadata?
- alexanderstears 9y agoReversing injustice is still injustice. And why care about the motivation for someone to be against discrimination? I don't think Frederik Douglass was any less legitimate of an abolitionist because he was self-interested in destroying slavery.