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... That was rather the point. >if you are interesting or do cool stuff I don't give a fuck about your skin tone And I'm guessing you're white and straight an
by drivebyacct2 14y ago
... That was rather the point.
>if you are interesting or do cool stuff I don't give a fuck about your skin tone
And I'm guessing you're white and straight and thus have not spent the amount of timing thinking about others as I and other people have. We're not worried about you. We're worried about people like these employees who DO give "a fuck" about skin tone or sexual preference.
It's funny that you condemn him for probably jokingly and self-deprecatingly calling himself a "poor black queer", yet that's what he was reduced to when you're treated as such day in and day out.
- flyinglizard 14y agoTo me it sounded like someone with a rooted "versus" mentality that defines themselves using their externality and sexual preference because, well, its just easier. You are not wrong about me, but I have plenty of gay friends in the workplace, and being talented they don't define themselves through their orientation.
- wonderzombie 14y agoIt's a hell of a lot easier not to have a "versus" mentality when you are in a privileged position. Conversely, when everyone around you can instantly see that you are different, and when you're reminded daily that you are different by mainstream culture, you'd probably have a different attitude. You're visibly, repeatedly, and viscerally reminded that you are Different. I don't know what that's like, but it's something this particular fellow has to live with every moment of his life. That's going to have an impact on your attitude, and I'm willing to cut the guy more than a little slack. "Can't we all get along" is a luxury cis, straight, white males have, in no small part because a lot of mainstream American culture is created by and for that set of categories.