A word on discrimination

[dysius]

Recently, I've seen more and more people use the term "reverse discrimination" in situations where they feel that a member of society's majority is being somehow marginalized by one minority or another. There are a couple fallacies related to this idea, and I think its important we (especially members of the majority) recognize them before we

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[h_a_n_k]

May I ask who you are?

[dysius]

Someone interested in intelligent discussion.

[h_a_n_k]

I was thinking more along the lines of a name, but whatever.

[isthisawkward]

yeah that last sentence is written poorly. and you have ANGERED TOM KEENAN because you didn't add him. later!

[dysius]

Maybe I miss the point of society being a "work in progress" as you call it, but I think you miss mine in regards to the power structure of our culture. It's obviously ridiculous to think that a majority of our nation's leadership and prestige positions wouldn't be filled by whites, as simple mathematical probability would tell us this should be the case. My specific focus doesn't necessarily revolve around minority inclusion, but rather around a distinction of vocabulary. I believe my last line even explicitly states, "The point? Racism is one thing, discrimination is quite another." I was taking issue with the term "reverse discrimination" as I believe its use to be indicative of ignorance and overall naivete to the basic way in which society is structured. Because of the disparity between its meaning and application, I thus found it appropriate to draw corollaries to various societal inequities

[anonymous]

Everything in life comes with a stereotype. Think about it. Don't be a pansy. You make liberals sound like idiots.

[anonymous]

which would make you an idiot.

[dysius]

Speaking of idiots, it doesn't take much intelligence to make a post with absolutely no substance to its credit. Maybe you'd like to give some specifics?