RobotToaster to StupIDPol: A based critique of essentialism@lemmy.basedcount.comEnglish · 9 months ago‘Most qualified person should get the job’ is microaggression, Russell Group universities saywww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down17
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link‘Most qualified person should get the job’ is microaggression, Russell Group universities saywww.telegraph.co.ukRobotToaster to StupIDPol: A based critique of essentialism@lemmy.basedcount.comEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareskozzii@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoI 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.
minus-squareNerd02@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoIf 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?
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.
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?