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"To the privileged, equality feels like oppression." Change doesn't happen in a vacuum, and what you describe as "a growing problem in our society" feels like
by pwinnski 9y ago
"To the privileged, equality feels like oppression."
Change doesn't happen in a vacuum, and what you describe as "a growing problem in our society" feels like the beginning of a long-overdue good start to many others.
- bobcostas55 9y ago>"To the privileged, equality feels like oppression." There's a fun study that actually measures this effect: "Lay misperceptions of the relationship between men’s benevolent and hostile sexism", by Amy Yeung. The data goes the "other way" though: when men treat men and women equally, they are perceived to be sexist.
- nnfy 9y agoWhy do you assume that I am a straight white male? Why do you assume I lived a life of priveledge because of the color of my skin and my gender? This is exactly what I'm describing. One cannot fight racism with racism. Now I'm being threatened with a ban for expressing such an opinion. At what point does it become acceptable to discuss this topic? When straight white men become a minority? If we allow threads like these to be posted repeatedly, why is it ok to suppress the other side of the discussion?