spacey-wacey-tardis asked: So when people say, for example, "I hate when gay people lisp," the gay people who don't lisp shouldn't be offended? I'm sorry, but generalizations are generalizations. Privileged or not, when some falls into a group, and that group as a whole is attacked, they have the right to be offended at being unnecessarily put down. Especially when it's for something they can't control.
I think queerhairyvag addressed this the best in another Ask:
“When you stereotype a whole group of privileged people (straight, white, able-bodied, western groups etc.) they have a privileged position in society which means that if a non-privileged person stereotypes them, the impact is simply annoyance- not life altering. i am an able-bodied black woman who sees how privileged white people are and I have no problem with people with disabilities calling me out on my able-bodied privilege”
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Saying “generalizations are generalizations” is in fact a generalization, so I think we’re close to hitting generalizeption on this issue, but actually NO, not all generalizations are created equal. Privilege changes the playing field.
-Jess
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