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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Whomever brought race and ethnicity into this discussion sucks hairy rat balls. I hope it wasn't me. If so, booooooooo. It annoys the hell outta me that the discrimination of ONE GROUP can't be discussed without attempting to compare and rank oppressions and discriminations.
With that said, it is true that sexual orientation is more easily hidden than race and ethnicity. Discrimination and -isms are about power dynamics and identifiability. If groups are not identifiable as a power minority, they are not easily targeted for bigotry and discrimination. This doesn't mean that people should hide their homosexuality. It means that they CAN do so if they choose to in many (definitely not all) settings. And there are plenty of instances of people who are "in the closet" discriminating on the basis of race. It often does not work the other way around except in the lesser contexts where heterosexual power trumps the oppressed status of their racial and/or ethnic group membership.
Now...that discussion sucked hairy rat balls.
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Politics would be a good example. I don't like this topic either.