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arel | 5 years ago

What you're missing here is in reality, your life experience, outcomes and how you are treated in society can be very much a consequence of your "identity".

All groups are advocating for is equality of treatment from institutions and from society at large.

Is that too much to ask?

Once we get to that place there's nothing more marginalised groups would love to do then to stop being defined by race.

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syshum|5 years ago

What you are missing is that "All Groups" are not simply asking for "equality of treatment from institutions and from society at large" in fact many groups are asking for equity not equality, there is a difference.

Sometimes this is referred to was "equality of outcome vs opportunity"

arel|5 years ago

This a (frankly lazy) narrative often used to dismiss demands for equality.

You might be able to point to isolated incidents but to view group advocacy as a whole as malicious power grab is simply not true and a gross misrepresentation.

A better question is probably do you think certain groups are wrong in their perception that they are unfairly treated?

If yes then you are not acknowledging a vast amount of very clearly expressed life experience and if no why be against them advocating for themselves as a group?