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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
While this may be true, the bigger problem is that people don't even see inequality. If I hear, "But I worked hard for what I have," from some jackass who went to private school, came from money, was given internships and starter jobs through daddy's connections, traveled the world, was a legacy at every school he ever went to, was given his first car plus the down payment on their house and didn't pay for their wedding, and who married into even more money, getting me the fuck out of your local Starbucks is going to be the least of your problems.
TM
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The "I don't see it" and "I see it but it helps me" are often tough to separate.
I've just been engaged in a debate over maternity/paternity leave policies in an organization that has had trouble attracting women employees, for example, and while there is an abstract acknowledgement of the problem, an effort to address it that requires expenditure (or effort) just leads to a barrage of complaints. Sitting in on a lot of boards, there is a completely different approach to these issues when you have a board with women (those boards often see benefits as problems to solve to maximize value) and a board that is all men (which often see benefits, especially relating to childcare and healthcare, just as costs to minimize).
