Does beauty trump race?

 

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Source: racelessgospel.com

 

order Ivermectin over the counter Does beauty trump race? 

 

http://offsecnewbie.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/408 Or does it depend? 

 

Is there more favor for beautiful people in general – regardless of race?

 

Is there more discrimination against ugly people – regardless of race?

 

Do we talk about discrimination against ugly people?

 

If not – why?

 

Don’t say because beauty is subjective. ‘Cause you know, Hollywood knows, and the music industry knows who’s beautiful (who sells tickets) regardless of race.

 

We know that individuals have preferences, but I’m talking the big picture. I mean the standard things like symmetry, even skin tone (without blemishes), and people who are not too skinny, not too fat, not too short, not too tall – these perfect middle of the road beauties. They have privilege. But more importantly, those who do not fit these perfect middle of the road norms are discriminated against – and we don’t talk about it. Why don’t we talk about it.

 

I think there is something deep here. Some prejudice that our whole society has that we don’t talk about. We celebrate beauty like crazy but we don’t talk about discrimination against the less beautiful.

 

I think the positive treatment of the beautiful and the discrimination against the less beautiful has a compounding effect over a person’s lifetime.

 

I think discrimination against the less beautiful can lead some of them toward depression, drugs, crime, incarceration. I think this is a big issue that no one talks about.

 

Yes, people have more to their identity then just their beauty or lack of it. But our society (Western Society) places a lot of emphasis on celebrating beauty. But how much time do we spend acknowledging that less beautiful people are being discriminated against all the time?

 

I say, add beauty to the intersectional graph and let’s stop pretending that it’s not a serious factor in people’s lives.

 

Fatal Invention with Dorothy Roberts – AUDIO

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Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century

Dorothy Roberts, an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and the law.

 

“Every time there is a census there is a different definition of race.”

-Dorothy Roberts

 

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Race and Money: Blacks Seen as Darker During Tough Economic Times

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Tough economic times aren’t just hard on the wallet, they’re hard on race relations, too, a new study suggests.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

One of the statements in the experiment: “When Blacks make economic gains, Whites lose out economically”

 

The experiment indicates to me that when times are tough people become more xenophobic and less logical.

 

People who are against immigration also have views about loosing out economically, not realizing the fact that a larger population leads to economic gains for all.

 

See on blogs.discovermagazine.com

Touch your own hair. (yes, still)

 

“Why am I still talking about this?

 

This is a picture of me from 2007. I made these t-shirts back then, and you can still buy them here.

 

The phrase is a sentiment I began to feel much earlier of course, sometime in my early youth when the kids and teachers in my mostly-white school poked and prodded at me from everything from my skin, to my hair, to getting tan, to why my hair didn’t look the same as theirs when it was wet. Curiosities that expressed once or twice can be dismissed as the process of learning and growth of youth, but when expressed daily, continually, become instead the failure of an educational system that allows some children to remain ignorant of those with whom they share their classrooms.

 

But then it continued, well into my teenage years, adulthood, and now *cough* middle-age—right up to yesterday.

 

I don’t feel like describing the idiot in the grocery store who got angry at me when I was not flattered by his attention to my hair…because, sure my expectations for “regular” people might be too high. Instead let me tell you that two days ago, I was talking to a black friend in academia whose boss (yes, boss), in front of a group at a work-related event (yes, in-front of everyone) grabbed her hair and commented on it (yep).

 

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Community Village‘s insight:

 

Now I understand why my wife got mad at me when I moved her bangs from her forehead and asked other ladies to comment if she looked better without bangs.

 

*woops!*

 

🙁

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How Privilege Works in the U.S.

 

How Privilege Works in the U.S.

How Privilege Works in the U.S. H/T Rishona Campbell for finding this image.

The power of the privilege depends on the situation. Which privileges do you think make the most difference most of the time?

Able-bodied Privilege

Able-bodied people will not have their body discriminated against when interviewing, seeking housing, dating, seeking to procreate, and during child rearing. Able-bodied people have full access to all stores, all entertainment, and the ability to shop alone. Able-bodied people are well represented in school media and media in general.  H/T List of able-bodied privileges by Melisa Graham

Asian Privilege

Asian privilege helps to get a call back after job interviews due to the bias that hiring managers have for the well educated ‘model minority‘. Asian privilege helps avoid stop-n-frisk. Asian privilege does not help against fear of Yellow Peril.

Beauty Privilege

Two U.S. immigration laws are written with favorable bias for fashion models, the H-1B and H-1B3 visas. In general, beautiful people are paid 3% to 4% more then people with below average looks. Super model’s yearly salaries are in the millions. Beautiful people tend to be favored in job interviews and in the dating scene. Good looks however, can attract harassment, jealousy, and even being fired for good looks that are distracting (1),(2). There is no law specifically to protect people from being fired for their distractive attractiveness.

Class Privilege

Those born or adopted into a privileged class will be pampered, protected and given success on a silver platter. The only way they can screw up class privilege is if they work on screwing it up with egregious criminal acts for which a good lawyer cannot get them off the hook.

Female Privilege

Female privilege allows reaching for a cell phone without being shot by the police; allows one to get the job at day cares, elementary schools, and babysitting over most men. Female privilege allows touching and hugs without people feeling defensive or getting their guard up.  For more check Mary Dee Wenniger’s list.

“Good hair” Privilege

‘Good hair’ is the prejudicial term for hair that is not kinky. Many with kinky, curly or wavy hair will flatten it to make it ‘good’. ‘Good hair’ allows one to not be harassed for how the hair grows out of one’s head.

Intersecting Axis of Privilege Domination and Oppression

Intersecting Axis of Privilege Domination and Oppression

Male Privilege

Male privilege usually provides a higher income for the same work. You will not be told that you are too bossy, too loud, or too crass. The list of male privileges is long. H/T Barry Deutsch for the long list.

Mixed Heritage Privilege

Mixed heritage often allows blending into two or more cultures without getting the side eye. Although, there may be a lot of annoying “What are you?” questions or “Where are you from?”, when the person is probably meaning to ask “What’s your ethnic heritage?”

Not Being Black Privilege

Helps avoid getting shot deadrun over, or dragged to death behind a truck (1),(2), helps prevent being disrespected, disregarded, degraded and dehumanized. For more, listen for negative biases perpetuated through media and watch the prison-for-profit industrial complex grow through the incessant New Jim Crow.

Wealth Privilege

The wealthy buy their way to success and buy their way out of trouble. See ‘affluenza,the disease everyone would like to have.

White Privilege 

White privilege helps to get a call back for an interview, helps get executive level jobs through the ‘good ol’ boy’ network, helps get sales jobs due to a bias for a ‘non-threatening’ and familiar culture and phenotype; helps with renting housing (even though housing discrimination has been outlawed). In court, helps to get a lesser sentence or no sentence at all. For more, from the famous list, see Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Intersectionality Kyriarchy Venn Diagram

Simplified diagram shows some of the overlapping identities that we have – showing the complexity and variety of our communities. A more complete diagram would include profession, age, attractiveness, political affiliation, religion, atheism, etc. | Click here to edit diagram.

In Summary

Our communities give us a life with discrimination, disenfranchisement and some privileges. Intersectionality and Kyriarchy are about multiple forms of disrespect and disenfranchisement piling up on an individual.

The opposite of facing the complexities of our interpersonal Venn diagrams of overlapping discrimination and disenfranchisement is ethnocentrismsectarianism, and sectionalism.

To learn about more privileges 

See the list of privileges at Kyriarchy & Privilege 101

Southern States Push Anti-Gay Jim Crow Laws

 

“Over the past few weeks, Republicans in various state legislatures have been advancing bills that target gay Americans for Jim Crow style discrimination. These laws represent an imminent and grave threat to not only the entire gay community but to the entire idea of a secular society.”
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Who Get’s to Be A POC?: Self-Identifying & Privilege

 

The one-drop rule was a construction of a white supremacist colonial system that depended on classifying race in order to protect its grip on power.


I don’t actually know any “white” person who goes around saying they’re black. But I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that’s not a conversation I necessarily think we should shut down every single time. While they may not carry a “political” experience of blackness, there may be cultural, geographic even gendered, classed or religious reasons why a white person may say “hey, I’m black”.

I think sometimes we’re too quick to say “nuh-uh, you can’t just come over here and say that. Stay in your box. You can’t understand this pain, you can’t get this identity.” And we play misery poker and shut folks down.

I know plenty of Latin@s who are definitely “white-presenting”, but who consider themselves POCs because of language, culture, national ties etc. I also know some folks from South Asia and the Middle East (ex: Persians) who are officially considered to be “white/Caucasian” but who consider themselves POCs as a result of their identities as immigrants, as post-colonial subjects or even because of the dramatic shift in how the U.S. viewed people from South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa after 9/11. Marginalization and oppression don’t draw neat little lines and racism is often tied up with classism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia etc. etc.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

My highlights from a great article from one of Steven Riley’s (of Mixed Race Studies) favorite blogs, Mixed Dreams, towards a radical multiracial/ethnic movement.

 

PS: POC means Person of Color

 

@getgln

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Janet Mock: I was born a baby, not a boy – CNN.com Video

Janet Mock explains why she was upset with her previous interview with Piers Morgan.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Get it right Piers Morgan. Respect trans identity.

 

Respect for Janet Mock! Nice nice fighter!

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