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Your thoughts about minorities and women in positions of power are about 2 decades out of date.

I've worked at many companies, big and small, in many states, and I never saw anything you described.

What I do see is that when a woman is in power, other women try to take that woman down a peg. Men are respectful and now have to walk on eggshells because if you even breathe the wrong way, it can be construed as some form of harassment.

Disagreeing (even if you have facts to back your argument) is called 'mansplaining'.



You don’t see it because you don’t live it. It’s death by a thousand cuts. Again, I never blamed men (or any group) for the situation — it’s just backwards American cultural values rearing their ugly head yet again.


maybe you don't see what I'm talking about because you don't live it?

American culture hasn't been 'backwards' for many years. Instead, we are living in a clown world where white men are openly disriminated against because they somehow deserve it and even questioning it is somehow considered racist or sexist.

The latest wage research from google showed us that men are actually being paid less than women. Where is the outcry? The protests??

I've seen so many companies advertise their "diversity" by showing us entire teams of all women. Real diversity there!!

Yet, there are people still convinced the US is a sexist and racist country. Want to see real racism? Go anywhere in Asia to get a job, where a headshot is required and you will be told flat-out that they won't hire you because you are fat, a woman, muslim.

I want a world where race and gender don't matter...instead of being the only thing that matters and racism/sexism of any kind, even if you are a white male, is not acceptable.




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