| Normchacho said: Was talking about gender in that specific example.
Edit: I should point out that your example isn't very good. When choosing something as personal as a significant other, any and everything becomes a factor. When a business is choosing an employee, race is not a legitimate factor in making that decision.
And of course it's our responsibility as individuals to work to make our lives better. But you can work through your disadvantages and speak up about injustices you see in the world around you. |
Oh... right. By the way, who is more likely to be the victim of every other crime but rape?
I didn't mean my example as something equivalent in how serious it is. I meant that having a slight disadvantage is not the end of the world. Black guys can get women just fine and they can get jobs just fine. Especially when affirmative action gives them an advantage in the education system and some companies (like App... I mean... Orange, Inc.) are actively racist against white people. I'm not saying they don't have a slight disadvantage, but calling that oppression? Come on.
I agree about the last part, but the problem is that it's hard to know when some injustice is happening. If we take all the instances when people scream racism... how often is it actually racism? 1% of the time? 2%? How do you know that you didn't get the job because of your race? You can't. It is ALWAYS just an excuse to get rid of your responsibility over your failure. Same goes for people who scream a woman got the job because she'd slept with the HR guy - people don't like admitting they were not good enough.
