No. I'm saying there exists systemic discrimination against white men.
should not be addressed because it might make life harder for a white man
The man that was discriminated against was not white.
so that no white male ever has to “join the club” or be affected by the long term discriminatory system.
I’ve heard you say it often enough. You don’t think discrimination happens to women and people of color,
What? When have I ever made such a claim?
you don’t think discrimination harms anyone but white men.
When have I ever made such a claim?
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Rhea, when you deny that men or white people can and do experience systemic discrimination, despite institutions openly practising it, I can see your attitude and value system. You don't need to explain yourself.
Your assertion about systemic discrimination against white men has little evidence to support it. Yes, you have your anecdotes from your limited experience in Australia. But, Australia is not the world.
The way the argument goes here is this:
If minorities and/or women experience discrimination at a rate of once per week, or once per day, or even, charitably, once per month, and
If men experience discrimination at a rate of once per year, especially due to the effects of trying to diminish discrimination, or once per job hunt - maybe once every other year? Then
This discrimination against men or white men Is The Worst Condition Possible And Must Be Stopped! It mus be stopped FIRST.
We note that those complaining bitterly about the poor male applicant, and this is the pattern every time, will only complain when the discrimination happens to the male (usually white) applicant. We notice that they do not write blogs or post on fora or share on facebook or speechify at political campaigns when systemtic discrimination happens against women and minorities. They have had nothing to say on those. They then of course, appear
affronted at the idea that they don’t recognize discrimination against minorities (“When have I said that?!?”) but they clearly
act on the idea that it is only a problem for men/whitemen because that is the only time they raise their voice. So one can easily, repeatedly and predictably see that the only time they object is when it happens to men/whitemen.
Then they will claim that those working to correct the problems are failing to acknowledge the travesty of the pain of the white male grievance. But we’ve repeated over and over that yes, we see the issue, but it is not the biggest issue, it is not the most harmful issue and it is not the longest existing issue and so we don’t prioritize it, obviously. And they come back with, “see you don’t care about discrimination.”
And that’s the pattern.
Point out the picayune, rare instances. Give them unmerited outsized importance. Belittle the existing discrimination and dismiss it as unimportant. Blame others for not prioritizing the newest, least egregious systemic discrimination. Continue to never acknowledge the existing discrimination. Do all possible to stop the identification and correction of it.
Lather, rinse, repeat.