Feb
26
“The only way you can truly complain about Affirmative Action is if you ignore historical context—if you ignore a society that was build from the ground up on discrimination. People love to use sports metaphors like “Oh, it’s not fair! If this was a race…”
If this was an actual race, the way you would look at it is that white straight dudes got to start running about four hundred years ago. Everyone else, slowed down by their slave chains and their vaginas, which are apparently very heavy, weren’t allowed to run. Now these things are being put into place so that they have a fighting chance against centuries long lines of wealth and privilege.” Elon James White (via humanformat)
If this was an actual race, the way you would look at it is that white straight dudes got to start running about four hundred years ago. Everyone else, slowed down by their slave chains and their vaginas, which are apparently very heavy, weren’t allowed to run. Now these things are being put into place so that they have a fighting chance against centuries long lines of wealth and privilege.” Elon James White (via humanformat)
(via oppressionisyucky)
