Re:Fighting the “loneliness epidemic” at work
by shawnz on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:21PM
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But obviously you haven't faced the specific set of challenges that only apply to non-white or non-male people. That is what the parent is suggesting, that it is helpful to have support groups containing people who have faced the same sorts of challenges as you. That doesn't mean that all non-white or non-male people universally have harder lives than all white/male people.
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Re:Fighting the “loneliness epidemic” at work
by tdfx on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:40PM
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Of course not, but the clumsy racism of the grand-grandparent poster immediately invalidated all of the otherwise good points that were made and clearly turned off a wide swath of an otherwise reasonable and receptive audience. There's quite a few politicians that could learn a great lesson from this thread.
Re:Fighting the “loneliness epidemic” at work
by shawnz on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @03:41PM
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It's not the responsibility of nonwhite/nonmale people to package issues of racism in a pleasing way for white/male people. Implying as such is basically implying that white/male people are the gatekeepers of respect and consideration. maxxxxx asked a question and PhasmaFelis gave an answer which is consistent with the reality of the situation. It's not a pleasing answer because race issues are not a pleasing topic.
Re:Fighting the “loneliness epidemic” at work
by tdfx on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @08:20PM
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No need to package them in a pleasing way, but factually is important. No special kind of respect or consideration is necessary -- just don't tell other people what experiences they have or have not had based on their skin color when you know nothing about them.