"Just because you think you wouldn't be welcome, that doesn't mean you won't."
I realize that. That wasn't my point. My point was that my first instinct was "it's not for me," and if I hadn't looked closer, that instinct would have remained. And someone who's just a little chauvinist still is going to avoid it, where he might have shown up for something that wasn't as apparently exclusive and learned something.
So again, why lead with a segregating label, when you could be leading with "Equality" and opening encouraging everyone? Spend specific meetings on oppression against a particular race/gender/creed/orientation if you like, but the overall goal of any such group should be to reach those who are borderline and draw them in.
It took us 60 years to overturn segregation, but it was important to do so, because it exposed the sides to each other and helped people realize "hey, you're not so different." Why turn our backs on that?
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I realize that. That wasn't my point. My point was that my first instinct was "it's not for me," and if I hadn't looked closer, that instinct would have remained. And someone who's just a little chauvinist still is going to avoid it, where he might have shown up for something that wasn't as apparently exclusive and learned something.
So again, why lead with a segregating label, when you could be leading with "Equality" and opening encouraging everyone? Spend specific meetings on oppression against a particular race/gender/creed/orientation if you like, but the overall goal of any such group should be to reach those who are borderline and draw them in.
It took us 60 years to overturn segregation, but it was important to do so, because it exposed the sides to each other and helped people realize "hey, you're not so different." Why turn our backs on that?