• medgremlin@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    It was in the Bay Area in tech jobs. They would very casually be derisive about trans gender identity, calling it “attention seeking” and “a mental illness”. The racist statements mostly came in the form of offensive stereotypes and deferential treatment of those that they did not think less of for their race. To them, it was normal behavior and casual conversation. They were more likely to get heated about their sports team than they would about acknowledging the intrinsic value and human rights of other people. It makes it very hard to call out when they say horrible things in casual, laid-back tones. There was no anger or passion in these statements, it was just a matter of fact that trans people aren’t real, that women are inferior, that certain races are dirty criminals… like they were talking about how it was a cloudy or sunny day.