The Oxymoron of “Data-Driven Innovation”

Post by snovv_crash » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 12:14 PM UTC

majormajor wrote: post #37

wintermutestwin wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't imagine that you are arguing that non-white, non-cis, and non-hetro people haven't been prejudiced against by whitecishetromales. That's where the "turnabout" comes into play. If you are pointing out that the "turnabout" is also prejudicial, then I obviously agree. The point I was making is that when it is misapplied, it's potentially helpful (in creating additional awareness in those who are on some spectrum…

Labeling, as used in this article, is hardly even turnabout. The dominant group may not explicitly create a term to label themselves, but the act of exclusion requires separating out the "other," and so labeling the non-other isn't so much an act of "turnabout" as just putting a word to an already-created group. The people originally assuming all white/male/heterosexual/whatever people can and should be lumped togeth…