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A textbook example from a Reddit thread: in a conversation about college, one poster lamented the existence of women's and minority groups (like the Society of
by Anechoic 14y ago
A textbook example from a Reddit thread: in a conversation about college, one poster lamented the existence of women's and minority groups (like the Society of Women Engineers or the National Society of Black Engineers) that exclude white males. A second poster pointed out that those organizations don't exclude white males, and in some cases white males are actively courted. The third poster responded to the effect of "sure, they let white males join, but I attended a NSBE meeting one and I was the only white guy in the room. As the only white guy I was extremely uncomfortable and that discomfort was basically the same as not welcoming white guys."
I don't think this poster was a racist or a bad guy, just someone that didn't realize how his privilege colored his perceptions, or how the privilege (or lack thereof) of others can affect their perceptions.
- steveklabnik 14y agoDo you have a link to that? I'd love to be able to show that to others.
- Anechoic 14y agoUgh, I'll see if I can find it, I don't even remember what the original topic was. edit - found it: http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/184uh5/as_a_white_male_attending_university_i_should/c8botsc http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/184uh5/as_a_w... Looks like that post was heavily downvoted. You can read up the parent chain to see the other posts I referenced.
- steveklabnik 14y agoThank you. It's almost too good to be true. By the way, to 'read up the comment chain,' you can add '?context=3' to add the top 3 posts. Like this: http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/184uh5/as_a_white_male_attending_university_i_should/c8botsc?context=5 http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/184uh5/as_a_w...
- Anechoic 14y agoThank, I'll remember that for future Reddit links.