I'm looking with both curiosity and disbelief at what might be called the Oppression Olympics. This is where everyone competes for the status of being the Most Oppressed Minority, and who therefore is the most deserving of compensation for the injustices that have been heaped upon them.
Just a few months ago here in California, an event for students of color was cancelled because fighting broke out amongst the students of color about which sub-minority among them was the most oppressed.
It really baffles me that when people post on facebook, they try to make their lives look as exciting and glamorous as possible. But when it comes to politics, people try to show that they're oppressed and miserable and thus deserving of society's help.
So why all the victimhood? It's like everyone is competing for the Biggest Victim Award. I guess maybe there's some motivation for it, and society apparently awards victimhood.
Here's how the dialogue goes:
Black Person: I'm oppressed because my people used to be slaves.
Muslim: I'm more oppressed because my people are being bombed in the Middle East.
Gay Person: I'm even more oppressed because my people couldn't get married until like two years ago.
Transgender Person: I'm super oppressed because I don't feel comfortable in the body I was born with.
White Woman: I'm super duper oppressed because of the patriarchy.
Colored Woman: I'm super duper ultra oppressed because we get paid 64% of what white men get. And because of the patriarchy.
Jew: I'm super duper ultra uber oppressed because like a third of my people were wiped out by genocide.
Straight White Cisgendered Male: I'm the most oppressed because everyone blames me for a bunch of oppression that happened before I was born and blames me for contemporary oppression that I had nothing to do with and couldn't prevent even if I wanted to.
So what do you think? Why are people so obsession with winning the gold medal for being the most oppressed?
Just a few months ago here in California, an event for students of color was cancelled because fighting broke out amongst the students of color about which sub-minority among them was the most oppressed.
It really baffles me that when people post on facebook, they try to make their lives look as exciting and glamorous as possible. But when it comes to politics, people try to show that they're oppressed and miserable and thus deserving of society's help.
So why all the victimhood? It's like everyone is competing for the Biggest Victim Award. I guess maybe there's some motivation for it, and society apparently awards victimhood.
Here's how the dialogue goes:
Black Person: I'm oppressed because my people used to be slaves.
Muslim: I'm more oppressed because my people are being bombed in the Middle East.
Gay Person: I'm even more oppressed because my people couldn't get married until like two years ago.
Transgender Person: I'm super oppressed because I don't feel comfortable in the body I was born with.
White Woman: I'm super duper oppressed because of the patriarchy.
Colored Woman: I'm super duper ultra oppressed because we get paid 64% of what white men get. And because of the patriarchy.
Jew: I'm super duper ultra uber oppressed because like a third of my people were wiped out by genocide.
Straight White Cisgendered Male: I'm the most oppressed because everyone blames me for a bunch of oppression that happened before I was born and blames me for contemporary oppression that I had nothing to do with and couldn't prevent even if I wanted to.
So what do you think? Why are people so obsession with winning the gold medal for being the most oppressed?
