This whole "women are taking jobs away from more qualified men" is such a load of horse#$%@. Yes, there are examples of diversity trumping qualifications, especially in government jobs where the diversity is mandated. But there are also (lots of) examples of white men getting jobs/promotions because they are...white men.
Basically if you're a white man and can't get a job it's because you suck. White men (of which I qualify, in spades) are just incredibly entitled, and any threat to that entitlement is interpreted as discrimination. It's hard to give up undeserved privilege. Lord knows I savor mine.
This is true. I'll also note that Affirmative action doesn't mean you give the job to a less skilled minority over a white person. It's if every other qualification is the same, you go with the candidate that brings your workforce to represent the demographic of your area. It doesn't mean hire all minorities. I've probably interviewed thousands of people and hired hundreds for a large corporation that has an Affirmative Action policy. Assumptions and accusations made in this thread are complete nonsense. And the level of entitlement going on in this thread is quite frankly, sickening, as I'll explain:
First off my job is not at risk being taken by a woman, ever, if one wants they can have it, they don't.
Secondly there are tons of white men in abject poverty, so HOW DARE YOU CALL THEM PRIVELEDGED BASED ON THE COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN AND GENDER, secondly there are men who have been told right to their face that they would never be able to climb any higher in their industry because they we're white and male and there for not what companies are looking for.
And you might enjoy yourself hating hate man schtick, but it's wearing thin on the rest of us.
And getting a job just because you white and male is just as wrong, I equally condemn such deplorable behavior. I believe and racial and gender equality.
You clearly have no idea what privilege is, if you think it's limited to just that. Just in this thread, the very act of questioning the hire based on her sex (or someone being a minority) when no one does that for white men
IS privilege.
Secondly, just because white men are in poverty does not mean white men don't gain the benefits of privilage. I've actually given presentations in corporate meets about what privilege, so I know what I'm talking about. But i don't blame you, because I had no idea just how much privilege I had as a white man in this country until I lived overseas where I was one of the only white people around. Then it really hit home.
Thirdly, you think it's outrageous that someone would dare tell a man they couldn't rise higher because it's so rare of that happening so it stands out (give me a couple examples, by the way). But that happens
every day to minorities. To put it in D&D terms, you sound like those 4e fans who complained they were being treated unfairly and forsaken by WoTC when 5e came out, and fans of every edition prior just rolled their eyes because they all had been through it themselves when their edition got shelved.
Fourthly, privilege is a lot of things, including but not limited to:
*you are assured that when you find a gaming group, there will be several people part of that group like you (same gender and ethnicity)
* every time you turn on the TV, or open a newspaper, you are assured someone like you is on the front cover or plays the major role in the show
* minorities convicted of the same offenses (from traffic tickets to murder) as a white person suffer much harsher penalties than white people do. This is a a fact.
* you are assured that you can enter pretty much any town in America and find a church of your faith (for those who are religious)
* You have never done something right and immediately had someone say you're a credit to your race/gender
* no one questions a promotion you may have gotten
* you've never had people stare at you or follow you around because they think you're gonna steal something
* you've never had people cross the street just to avoid you on a daily basis
* you're probably able to walk down a busy street without people harassing you on a daily basis
The list goes on and on. Just open your eyes. If you want a
huge example of white privilege, it's why Obama had to be perfect or people lost their minds in outrage (one of his biggest scandals was saluting with a coffee cup for Christ's sake), but Trump, as a white man, has been able to do all of these outrageous things and yet the
same people who lambasted Obama are all "eh, no big deal, nothing to see here." That's not just a republican vs democrat thing, that's a black vs white thing. Every woman and every minority who has had to work harder
because of their race or gender knows exactly what I'm talking about because they do it every day.
Look man, I grew up poor white trash in poverty. But you know what? All it takes is for me to have one nice set of clothes and carry myself professionally and no one knew my background and I got to enjoy all the great benefits of being a white guy. Women and minorities don't have to ability to put on a suit and have people forget they are a woman or a minority. And if you think widespread discrimination doesn't exist to this day, you must be living under a rock.
Ugh. This entitlement literally makes me sick.
