I'm a proponent of equal rights.
I have discovered that this makes me either racist, sexist, or both, depending on whom I'm talking to.
Why?
Because I'm talking about actually equal footing.
Not leveraging gender or race to get an advantage.
Not reversing the sexism and racism of the past.
Want the better job? Get the education and training to land it.
Want that promotion? Work hard, work well.
There's lots of specific examples that end up hurting women and minorities in the work place.
Things that make hiring them a negative for a place hoping to make a profit.
Remember, a job exists as a side effect of a successful business. The benefit of the employee is a secondary reason the job exists.
Employees who disappear for months at a time and cannot be replaced are a detriment.
Unqualified employees a drain on the qualified ones at best.
The soft bigotry of low expectations is rampant because we're not treating people as equals.
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