I was supposed to be White wasn't I? I wonder how many Native American's there are in our industry... actually I lied, I don't care tbh.
Why don't you ask about the 100% female company I contract with, or how that doesn't bother me even if it should.
edit: for those that are curious, the deleted post was someone who claimed to be a caucasian female asking for my gender and race, and hinting strongly that they were going to use my post as fodder for something else (blog post most likely.
Aaaand your lack of foresight makes both you and your gender/orientation/race look worse, and helps mean that the next time somebody tries to bring this up as a valid concern they'll be taken a bit less seriously.
It doesn't make her gender/orientation/race look worse. I've been critical of the article, but you're being ridiculous trying to blame a group for her comment and deletion. In fact, I suspect you already don't like those groups and this is just some confirmation bias on your part.
There are very valid arguments to be made about exclusionary practices. There are also a lot of people who bandy about "checking your privilege" and "cis scum" and whatnot, and hence make it very hard to take their (usually legitimate) grievances seriously.
I'm not trying to blame a group for her comment--I'm point out that the comment made her group (by her voluntary self-association) look bad.
This is a perfect example of how not to engage men on this topic.
I said "I'm genuinely curious", which was a chance for opening a dialogue.
You respond by using implicature to paint me in such a negative light.
Did you do it because you're being defensive of the article, or because you're being defensive of the ideas in the article?
I don't know, and I don't care, what I do know is that if I can't trust you to be reasonable with something like written text that you can go back and read again to make sure you got the meaning (and ask for clarification), why should I trust your experiences?
and that is an honest question.
If you had any idea the damage you do to yourself and your beliefs with that behavior, I suspect you would take steps to stop doing it.
There are many, like myself, who don't want to deal with it, and certainly don't want to deal with being treated like that. As they say, two wrongs don't make a right, stop treating men in this manner.
Playing the victim card, even if it's sometimes valid, doesn't actually help you.
I was supposed to be White wasn't I? I wonder how many Native American's there are in our industry... actually I lied, I don't care tbh.
Why don't you ask about the 100% female company I contract with, or how that doesn't bother me even if it should.
edit: for those that are curious, the deleted post was someone who claimed to be a caucasian female asking for my gender and race, and hinting strongly that they were going to use my post as fodder for something else (blog post most likely.