Being black is certainly not the same as being a woman, and just because you didn't experience enough discrimination to push you away doesn't mean others don't.

Being black is certainly not the same as being a woman, and just because you didn't experience enough discrimination to push you away doesn't mean others don't. If anything, that feeling of being uncomfortable should make you more sympathetic, but instead, you're stuck in this bootstraps mentality that anyone who couldn't follow through just didn't apply themselves enough or something. > Somebody having an advantage does not mean you have a disadvantage, this is not a zero sum game. Err, yeah it does. That's exactly what it means. If someone has an advantage over you, you are at a disadvantage. That's what the word "disadvantage" means. > Just because women knows these brands more than I (in general) does not mean I should sit back. No one is saying you should. That actually has nothing to do with this. No one is asking for work to be segregated; in fact, they're asking for the exact opposite. > "You see, mine count too," instead of "Make it easy for me to get in." Why not both? Why not, "Stop treating me like shit and count mine." This isn't either-or.