StupIDPol: A based critique of essentialism

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A federated homage to the subreddit of the same name. The original idea is a marxist take on identity politics and the stupidity inherent in it, but we're fresh out of marxists to run this joint.

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‘Most qualified person should get the job’ is microaggression, Russell Group universities say (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I don't understand microagressions, I don't understand how telling someone "the most qualified person should get the job" is racist.

I think everything in life could be considered and twisted to be racist if viewed through a racist lens which is what these researchers are doing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

If anything, what's racist is the attitude the researches are showing. Implying a certain person isn't as good as others at something and thus needs assistance, all because of some ethnical characteristics. Uhm... do we have a name for that?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Discrimination is when meritocracy.

KEKW

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Yay, paywall.