This is but one of many examples of where white men might want to stay in their lane or at least recognize that their professional worth and even their very humanity are rarely publicly challenged.
If you’re a POC or a woman in general, you likely have tons of stories where you’ve had to fight for respect that’s given without question to the most sorry-ass white men (the outgoing president is an obvious example).
I’ve noticed this is something that most white men rarely have the humility to do. “Why are all these people who AREN’T white men upset about this issue. I could try to understand, but naaah, I’m just gonna say it’s silly. That’s how I roll. It’s part of my lifestyle."
I’m instinctively someone who rolls his eyes at perceived pretension. If I’m talking about musical theatre with someone, it might annoy me if someone can’t go a sentence without saying, “I wrote my thesis on the works of Sondheim” or “I worked with (FAMOUS DIRECTOR)."
But something I learned over the years is that not asserting your credentials is a PRIVILEGE.
Women or minorities sometimes broadcast their credentials to preemptively block mansplaining or racial condescension. And yes we damn well use DOCTOR
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This is literally democracy vs. no democracy right now. Was I the only one awake over the past week? These aren’t normal times. Please, for God’s sake, get over whatever issues you have with even the most obnoxious politicians who at least concede their races.
I get that people don’t trust the Lincoln Project or believe their sole goal is to rehabilitate the GOP post-Trump ... but the GOP’s response while Trump was historically at his weakest (lame duck) is evidence that we need all hands on deck. I don’t think Schmidt is overreacting.
You can even flip the analogy: The steakhouse is legitimate and the vegan restaurant is mobbed up. If you’re morally opposed to meat eating, will you still do the right thing or will you turn a blind eye?
It’s been obvious for the past 4 years that most Republicans would rather turn a blind eye, even put out their own eyes, before voting for Democrats. I’m tired of the crap about “defund” and “socialism.” Sanders/AOC weren’t the ticket.
POTUS tries to overturn the election he’s lost and a significant number of Republicans support him. Democratic leadership seems to ignore it or downplay it as a distraction.
1st term House rep puts out a proposal for combatting climate change. GOP claims it’ll ban hamburgers.
The GOP works hard to make voters afraid of Green New Deal.
Dems, perhaps admirably, tries to make voters believe democracy is not under assault.
No Republican or even a single cop really believed some activists shouting “defund the police” would remove cops from the streets or cut their pay. They made voters believe it would.
The US president attempting to overturn a democratic election and simultaneously claim he “really” won is he sort of autocratic move that would receive condemnation from our own UN ambassador if any other world leader.
Also, the victory laps about how Trump tried but didn’t succeed seem to miss the point when election officials have received death threats. Krebs was fired. And the transition has been delayed.
The (mostly) white people who respond with “how could you live without cops?” when we’re talking about reform probably also would’ve said, “Why don’t Black people support public transportation, water fountains, and lunch counters” during the Civil Rights movement.
Show me white kids who wind up like Tamir Rice. I have already told my 6 year old that there’s no way he’s getting the same sort of toy weapons that every white kid in the neighborhood has.