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Hmmm...'colorblindness' by a privileged group is a refusal to acknowledge the real inadequacies between social groups. Basically, "I treat everyone the same--I
by jmagoon 14y ago
Hmmm...'colorblindness' by a privileged group is a refusal to acknowledge the real inadequacies between social groups.
Basically, "I treat everyone the same--I don't see color" (or gender, or sexual orientation, etc.) is a luxury that only exists for some. For people discriminated against, they /have/ to see color, gender, etc., because it's a limiting condition of their social situation.
- jack-r-abbit 14y agoI see color (and gender, and sexual orientation, etc.). I just don't let them effect how I treat people. But it seems pretty clear that this is a standard only some people are held to.
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- jodrellblank 14y agoBut it should affect how you treat people. Saying the same thing to everyone would only work in a society where everyone was actually equal. In our existing societies, men dominate and male voices dominate. Unless you take that into account, saying the same thing to everyone might well mean saying something defacto-white-male-whatever-biased to everyone. Which isn't equalitarian at all. Which is how you get a conference with 80% men and 20% women, and making a dick joke made someone else uncomfortable - she didn't choose, apropos of nothing, to be upset at that comment - saying "I'd make the same dick joke with/to my female friends" is not an equalitarian way out.