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That any disparity between any demographic groups is wholly attributable to bias.



That's not at all what intersectionality is. It's just a name for the fact that the hardships you face as, say, a black woman isn't the union of the hardships of women and the hardships of black folks. They don't exist independently. This was an important idea because feminist movements focused almost exclusively on white women and it assumed this was fine because "rising tide raises all ships" and that white women had a better chance of having their voices heard -- but it didn't shake out that way and this was the reason.

That's the reason today there's a lot of focus on black trans women because activists are trying not to repeat this mistake.

> any disparity between any demographic groups is wholly attributable to bias

Unless you're literally arguing that some groups are genetically superior or inferior, or that something in the Y chromosome just really draws you to programming this statement is true by definition -- that's what bias means.

If you’re like oh well part of the wage gap is explained by women not being as aggressive in salary negotiations your options are either that there is a bias somewhere or resorting to gender essentialism.


What the hell is up with HN today? Why is this downvoted so much? Get ahold of yourself HN users!


In other words: correlation is causation.




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