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You are concentrating on the metaphor too much and missing the main point. Everyone struggles and is privileged in some ways. All these ways are not equal. I d
by freshhawk 14y ago
You are concentrating on the metaphor too much and missing the main point.
Everyone struggles and is privileged in some ways. All these ways are not equal. I dislike the term "privilege" as it's rarely used in a useful context. But your reaction is the very definition of the word.
"extended a hand out to those who didn't quite have the same privileges whenever possible. I wouldn't really expect otherwise from anyone else"
You expect that from everyone else because you had a "privileged" upbringing obviously. Most people know that this expectation is naive. Extraordinarily naive I must say.
- nostrademons 14y agoFWIW, I am not white, nor was I rich growing up. My father was an immigrant and a non-native-speaker. I am straight and male, so I've got that at least. I'm curious just which attributes you think are more equal than others.
- freshhawk 14y agoI wasn't trying to rank which aspects are more career damaging. I was pointing out that "we all have our struggles, just be nice to everyone and expect the same" is the most bland of platitudes and seems very dismissive of the real and measurable biases evident in our culture that this kind of thing is trying to address. Any of the other handicaps or struggles you point out affect people who are not white, straight and male in basically equal numbers. So the comparison is not white/non-white vs average/autistic, it's native american gay women on the spectrum vs white straight male on the spectrum. That's the point. That's why I said you were missing the point. I admit that I assumed you were a white straight male because you conflated being non-white/gay/female with being handicapped.
- Crake 14y agoWell, if you don't agree with the social justice crowd, that automatically makes you a privileged white person. Duh.