This may or may not be a series, if people continue to be redonkulous. These are some bizarre things that have been said to me or in my hearing recently.
Animal rights groups (emphasis mine) and middle easterners are the people discriminated against these days.
Ok. What?
First of all, let's get rid of this idea that anyone who is "different" from the "norm" (read: straight, cis, white, presently-abled, young, etc) is NOT facing discrimination every. single. f-ing. day.
Secondly, animal rights groups? Really? You mean, these people? The same people who were racist, fat-shaming douchebags to Aretha Franklin? The same people who compared owning a pet to the horrific murder, rape, degradation and enslavement of millions of people for centuries?
Discrimination against fat people also, insert gay people, women and smokers is the last acceptable form of discrimination.
Listen. Nothing is the new racism-against-black-people. Black people still have to deal with racism every single day.
Secondly, why are "black people" and "women" always two separate categories? Do you mean to tell me that people who tick off both the "woman" and "black" boxes on their census forms are nonexistent, like unicorns? Are you telling me that Angela Davis, Renee of Womanist Musings, Gabi of Young, Fat and Fabulous, Latoya Peterson of Racialicious- these African-American Woman-people are imaginary?
Hmm.
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