06-16-2016, 11:03 PM
I recently witnessed a conversation in a community about racism and sexism where a guy was told to "check his privilege".
I thought what he said was fine. The conversation was annoying and was not about gaming or bringing women up-it was about tearing women down-and by other women!
But as soon as he said this he became the enemy. He was accused of "man-splaning" and not realizing his privilege.
So I had to check out what "checking your privilege means. I thought I knew, I thought I understood, but I wanted to make sure.
There are check lists even just in case you are not sure. So I started walking around the place I work, which is also the place I live and I started looking at each person I met and asked myself which is the more privileged one, me or them.
So how do you think about or not think about privilege?
Quote:The whole thread was annoying and had nothing to do with promoting gaming as great for women, and women great for gaming. I was glad to see it deleted. There are plenty of other forums where people can argue about racism and free speech and taking things personally. Why do we feel the need to do it here?
Let's keep this forum on-topic: promoting women in gaming!
I thought what he said was fine. The conversation was annoying and was not about gaming or bringing women up-it was about tearing women down-and by other women!
But as soon as he said this he became the enemy. He was accused of "man-splaning" and not realizing his privilege.
So I had to check out what "checking your privilege means. I thought I knew, I thought I understood, but I wanted to make sure.
There are check lists even just in case you are not sure. So I started walking around the place I work, which is also the place I live and I started looking at each person I met and asked myself which is the more privileged one, me or them.
So how do you think about or not think about privilege?