Re:When Women Become Men at Wellesley
by verroq on Thursday October 16, 2014 @08:19PM
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How is it his fault and why should he care? He didn't choose to be born as a white man. He has no more responsibility for his race than any national for their country.
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Re:When Women Become Men at Wellesley
by jamesaguilar on Thursday October 16, 2014 @08:22PM
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Where did I say it was his fault? If I said that, it was an error. It's not relevant whose fault it is.
(Except if you're referring to the fault of not knowing that he's privileged. That is his fault.)
Why should he care? That's a question about his particular ethical priorities that I could only guess at. Why should any advantaged person care about the disadvantaged?
Suppose I belong to an advantaged group, what good does it do to me if I admit the advantage exists? Why would I ever want to give up this advantage?
Income inequality didn't prevent a rising standard of living for everyone, what makes social inequality inherently bad?
Re:When Women Become Men at Wellesley
by jamesaguilar on Thursday October 16, 2014 @08:44PM
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Again, these are questions about your ethical framework that are not answerable by me. Personally I find it detestable and anti-social to try to hoard unearned advantages based on race and gender. If you were my friend and admitted this to me face to face, I would have to seriously consider our relationship. But you aren't my friend, and if you're OK with it there's little I could possibly say to convince you otherwise, especially on the internet.
Hoarding these advantages may make life better for everyone.
Re:When Women Become Men at Wellesley
by jamesaguilar on Thursday October 16, 2014 @09:01PM
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> Hoarding these advantages may make life better for everyone.
Ew. What a gross thought. I guess it's convenient to believe for a privileged person, but, ew.