method114 said:
Yes I do the same way I would be insulted if my boss came into my office and questioned my ability to do my job because I was old and black. Your disrespecting these people by assuming that the color of their skin affects their ability to do their job. You're disrespecting black people by assuming that just being black will somehow be better for me because I'm black. Someone being black does not mean they understand my life and the things I need in my life or how to make it better. Life and people are much more complicated than that. |
I'm just glad society is moving away from your naive thinking because we wouldn't progress. Of course race & age doesn't determine what you know but it really informs your life experiences which is why diversity is important. Essentially what you're saying is that diversity isn't important because the things that make us outwardly diverse including gender, age, nationality, orientation, race etc means nothing and has no impact on our life or life experiences. So when people complain about old white men in politics, its not because we hate old white men, its because there is so much nuance in what's affecting young people, whats effecting other ethnic groups, whats effecting woman that they will likely overlook because they are none of these things. Politics should be filled with a diverse range of qualified people and I'm disturbed by anyone who disagree's tbh.
This just one example of the importance of diversity and why the "old white man" critique is fair, I'm sure you'll have no issue understanding this because it doesn't involve race
And this is what happens when you have people far removed from a culture making assumptions about it
https://abcnews.go.com/US/deaf-man-stabbed-sign-language-mistaken-gang-signs/story?id=18213488
And me being gay and black I see it first hand. Many of my black friends and family have no idea what it's like to grow up gay and have no understanding of gay culture. Meanwhile my gay friends have no idea what it's like to grow up black and know very little about black culture.
