I'm disadvantaged in several ways and I do not get the "but I'm oppressed too! BAWWW!" reaction. Because it's quite obvious to me that the different disadvantages manifest in amazingly different ways, and that being a member of X minority does not actually help me at all to figure out my experiences as member of Y minority - so why on earth should any my disadvantages mean I know what it's like to be a PoC?
And, yes. You don't have to have empathy in order to have sympathy, and there's a certain point after which attempted empathy becomes insulting.
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I'm disadvantaged in several ways and I do not get the "but I'm oppressed too! BAWWW!" reaction. Because it's quite obvious to me that the different disadvantages manifest in amazingly different ways, and that being a member of X minority does not actually help me at all to figure out my experiences as member of Y minority - so why on earth should any my disadvantages mean I know what it's like to be a PoC?
And, yes. You don't have to have empathy in order to have sympathy, and there's a certain point after which attempted empathy becomes insulting.