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Topic	Holy shit my coworker is getting a raise... i'm fucking pissed
Aristoph 08/26/17 3:37:43 AM #66:	Bok_Choi posted... me : white people coworker : minorities getting a raise + benefits : gaining social progress/power inter-office division : civil war complaining when im still getting paid more/gonna get a raise : white people complaining about white genocide even though that's not happening I don't see how I did it wrong Just because I purposefully made it obtuse lmao Because there's a much more relatable explanation for everything in your metaphor that has little or nothing to do with race. If you want people to think about race, you have to give some indication that's the direction you intend. For example, "You" are simply the boss's son who gets to skate by due to being the boss's son. Everyone relates to that, regardless of race. The "coworker" could be simply an average working-class guy who's trying to get by. The supposed raise that isn't even enough to get that average Joe onto the same level as the boss's son is less obviously about minorities and affirmative action and more obvious as a greedy company underpaying their employee while still expecting them to take on more responsibilities. I can't remember the last job I worked where I didn't see at least one person in this situation. The inter-office conflict is just basic workplace drama that happens literally everywhere for even the most basic of reasons. It's less likely to be equated to the Civil War and more likely to be equated to people feeling like they should have gotten the raise instead of the other guy (I've been here longer, it should've been me instead of him, etc.) Literally everything has an easier and more familiar explanation than race and affirmative action. And there was no mention of anything to lead a reader in that direction other than the whole "staging a sit-in" comment, but the topic was already off the rails by that point. Face it, your setup was poor and so you didn't get the response you wanted. It's got very little to do with a failing on the reader's part, though. --- PSN ID: Aristoph http://www.youtube.com/user/SotCRules <cite>Aristoph posted [p:885470004] in Holy shit ... [t:75709466]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bok_Choi posted...</cite> <quote>me : white people coworker : minorities getting a raise + benefits : gaining social progress/power inter-office division : civil war complaining when im still getting paid more/gonna get a raise : white people complaining about white genocide even though that's not happening I don't see how I did it wrong Just because I purposefully made it obtuse lmao</quote> Because there's a much more relatable explanation for everything in your metaphor that has little or nothing to do with race. If you want people to think about race, you have to give some indication that's the direction you intend. For example, "You" are simply the boss's son who gets to skate by due to being the boss's son. Everyone relates to that, regardless of race. The "coworker" could be simply an average working-class guy who's trying to get by. The supposed raise that isn't even enough to get that average Joe onto the same level as the boss's son is less obviously about minorities and affirmative action and more obvious as a greedy company underpaying their employee while still expecting them to take on more responsibilities. I can't remember the last job I worked where I didn't see at least one person in this situation. The inter-office conflict is just basic workplace drama that happens literally everywhere for even the most basic of reasons. It's less likely to be equated to the Civil War and more likely to be equated to people feeling like they should have gotten the raise instead of the other guy (I've been here longer, it should've been me instead of him, etc.) Literally everything has an easier and more familiar explanation than race and affirmative action. And there was no mention of anything to lead a reader in that direction other than the whole "staging a sit-in" comment, but the topic was already off the rails by that point. Face it, your setup was poor and so you didn't get the response you wanted. It's got very little to do with a failing on the reader's part, though. --- PSN ID: Aristoph http://www.youtube.com/user/SotCRules</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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