I don't understand this kind of thinking at all.

We announce gender and race a million ways. It's inescapable and undesirable to avoid doing. Our background and gender are relevant to our life experiences and who we are as people. That context is important when interacting with people at work or elsewhere.

Cohesive is a funny and frankly telling word to use here as well. Can you not be cohesive as a group while acknowledging that you are not all the same gender or race?

If I'm honest, this is giving "I don't mind gay people as long as it's not too in my face" vibes and I don't like it.

Very strange comment.

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account42 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Our background and gender are relevant to our life experiences and who we are as people.

No, it's incredibly racist and sexist to think those things are the most important distinctions of who you are.

	▲	jszymborski 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I never said they are the "most important", but simply they are "important". Your race or gender isn't the totality of who you are, but it is surely a part of you, your identity, and how people treat you. To ignore it also perpetuates racism, even among well-intentioned folks. Here is some reading on the topic: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maiahoskin/2022/09/28/newsflash... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/color-b... A great book I can recommend is "Racism without racists" by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva https://search.worldcat.org/title/Racism-without-racists-:-c...

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philwelch 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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