stoplgbtqahate:

We need 0% for all of these!

Agreed - but to clarify, we don’t need people to THINK there is no discrimination against these people, we need to address the actual problem of discrimination. Opinion polls on issues like these simply suck (for example, I highly doubt white Americans actually experience more discrimination than Asian groups - especially post-9/11, when any bearded man of Indian descent is so easily mistaken for Arab or Muslim). This is based on the public’s PERCEPTION of which groups are most affected by discrimination, and doesn’t take into account actual experience or the many ways in which these groups intersect. Categories like “African American” and “women” don’t take into account the experiences of African American women. I also wonder what the gay/lesbian category would look like if it included other sexualities (bisexual, pansexual, etc.) and gender-variant people. Something to think about.

stoplgbtqahate:

We need 0% for all of these!

Agreed - but to clarify, we don’t need people to THINK there is no discrimination against these people, we need to address the actual problem of discrimination. Opinion polls on issues like these simply suck (for example, I highly doubt white Americans actually experience more discrimination than Asian groups - especially post-9/11, when any bearded man of Indian descent is so easily mistaken for Arab or Muslim). This is based on the public’s PERCEPTION of which groups are most affected by discrimination, and doesn’t take into account actual experience or the many ways in which these groups intersect. Categories like “African American” and “women” don’t take into account the experiences of African American women. I also wonder what the gay/lesbian category would look like if it included other sexualities (bisexual, pansexual, etc.) and gender-variant people. Something to think about.

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    Do you want to know what is really interesting, is that while 45 percent of Americans might be aware of discrimination...
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    americans think white people are more discriminated against than asian-americans?
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    I make fun of everyone including my own culture and everything inbetween. i take no prisoners, but i love everyone no...
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    WTF ASIAN AMERICANS ARE LESS OPPRESSED THAN WHITE AMERICANS?!?!?!?!
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    Does it seem strange to anyone else that it says Gays & Lesbians? I feel like they could have just put gays since gay...
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    welcome to the oppression olympics.
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    Agreed - but to clarify, we don’t need people to THINK there is no discrimination against these people, we need to...
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