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Your argument doesn't consider the fact that straight white men have received benefits from racism and sexism their entire lives. I'm not saying that you're wro
by ktm5j 5y ago
Your argument doesn't consider the fact that straight white men have received benefits from racism and sexism their entire lives. I'm not saying that you're wrong, but it's just not that simple. They may not have gotten that job in the first place in a world with true equality.
As a trans woman I think I have a unique perspective here, having literally seen both sides of this issue. I would have agreed with you at one point in my life, but I see things differently now.
- ryathal 5y agoIt doesn't matter that someone had X for a time. You don't get justice by taking two eyes for an eye just because someone had three once.
- ktm5j 5y agoI never said that it was okay for them to do this.. just that the person I replied to was rather small minded about their view of this issue. You too. It kind of bothers me to see straight cis white men get all worked up about things like this. You think this is unfair? You have absolutely no concept of what it's like to be a marginalized minority. They've had so much handed to them their whole lives, yet the second they have to deal with the kind of thing that minorities have to deal with they make a big fuss. The world is unfair, deal with. We all have to every damn day and no one listens to us when we cry about it.
- matchbok 5y agoApplying the general benefits of a whole group of people to individuals applying to jobs is wrong. And doesn't work. Every person has a unique experience. Also, grouping "cis" in with all that is nonsense. Esp trans women, who seem to think they don't have all the benefits of being male. (Because biology is, in fact, real)