>>12424263>Not him, but you're the autist here.I'm literally calling him an autist. I'm not saying he is stupid, I'm not insulting him. I'm saying that it seems like he genuinely has autism.
And I wasn't stating my opinion on her beliefs, I was simply pointing out those beliefs and how they are shown in the image.
Isn't it so great that we're having this stupid twitter conversation on the math and science board?
>Wrong.What? When I think of a scientist I think of a white guy in a lab coat, maybe a woman. Thinking of famous scientists, I think all of white guys.
The perception may be changing but it is still very much there.
>Why? Is skin color somehow suddenly an obstacle to identifying with someone?Skin color is tied to your identity, anon.
It's hard to conceptualize if you are a white guy, because white guys are kinda the societal norm.
I didn't understand it for a long time, but I watched a documentary once on Italian American immigrants in New York. They were constantly portrayed in the media as gangsters and low-lifes, but one day Joe DiMaggio came along and got real big. Suddenly, instead of hearing about italian criminals in the news, they were hearing about Joe DiMaggio. In such a hostile, oppressive environment, Joe inspired hope and pride among Italian Americans. I'm only an eighth Italian, not that much, but watching that I identified with them and could understand how it must have felt for them, and it made me realize how it might feel for similar racial minorities today.
It's not that you can't identify with those of another race, it's that if you live in a society that makes you feel less than because of your race, in this scenario feeling stupid and not fit for academia/research, it can be inspiring to see people of your race break that stereotype and prove it wrong.
>Should we start judging everyone by skin color now? Such a racist thing to say and demand.Really getting ahead of yourself there
