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WCDT Strips 3941-3945 (18-22 February 2019)
Is it cold in here?:
EDIT: I had the wrong attribution on the quote. I am very sorry.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 22 Feb 2019, 21:50 ---<snip>
However, it has also been a lead in to attempting to somehow justify the exclusion of the person who is being asked the question, so a lot of people react negatively to the question.
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That's the core of it, and from listening to people I've learned that it happens so often that a conscientious adult will exercise strict caution about interrogating people on their ethnicity.
Case:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 23 Feb 2019, 16:21 ---
--- Quote from: chris73 on 22 Feb 2019, 21:50 ---<snip>
However, it has also been a lead in to attempting to somehow justify the exclusion of the person who is being asked the question, so a lot of people react negatively to the question.
<snip>
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That's the core of it, and from listening to people I've learned that it happens so often that a conscientious adult will exercise strict caution about interrogating people on their ethnicity.
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Don't disagree - but I believe the credit for that fine phrase goes to BenRG.
Redball:
In the 1960s, i spent 21 months in Bombay in a U.S. Peace Corps family planning program. I felt perfectly at home there, although I doubt that I was an effective volunteer – a conclusion which had nothing to do with the 25 million population increase from the start of training to my departure.
At some point, back in the States, I'd ask someone (always male, I think) who appeared to come from the subcontinent where their "native place" was. I always got an answer. Sometimes it was Bangladesh or Pakistan. If India, I'd say something about my own experience.
The conversation never turned sour, but never lasted more than a few minutes, maybe seconds.
Reading the comments above, I cringe at the memory. I think I can stop now. At 81, that shouldn't be difficult.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Milayna on 22 Feb 2019, 09:55 ---I think the first time I saw "autistic" as an insult was...oh, remember when wankers were crying about the new Star Wars, especially that woman whose name I can't remember (but who, not coincidentally, wasn't white. Yay racism!) I was reading a liberal blog post about it, which quoted one of the manbabies, which used "autistic" in a string of insults. It was a real "wtf" moment for me.
As for myself, I'm not aware of any instances when people disfavored me explicitly because of my diagnosis, though I'm pretty sure my bosses basically see me as "the hardworking retard" and I'm unpromotable. It's more, there are expectations of "normal", ranging from facial expressions and body language, to how to respond to nuances in spoken language that I just don't even notice. I'm pretty offputting irl, and people kind of...just don't want to deal with that, absent any specific prejudice. Can't blame them, really.
I'm so sorry all that happened to you, Hoodiecrow. I'd like to think that people aren't that explicitly terrible now. But screw those guys.
--- Quote from: mattcoz on 22 Feb 2019, 07:51 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 22 Feb 2019, 03:13 ---When something upsets a lot of people, even if you cannot understand why, it's best simply not to do it.
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So, basically, never do anything.
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Yes, exactly. It's everyone else's fault. Go sit in your basement feeling sorry for yourself.
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I don't know about 'across the pond', but here in the states "not a team player"/"you don't seem like a team player" seem to be how companies get around anti-discrimination laws when it comes to those of us who are neurodivergent.
Dandi Andi:
At will employment makes it all but impossible to make discrimination charges stick. "You're not s good fit for the corporate culture here" is a valid reason to fire someone, so just try proving that it was really because you're neurodivergent/queer/trans/black etc. (Where those protections even exist)
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