I do remember being called arrogant at work for effectively defending attempts to submarine me at my job. It stuck for a long time. I do notice that when I let my Autistic college professor voice come out, no one disputes my logic and my work gets respected, but they mysteriously don't like me enough to promote me. But if I'm "too nice," the logic gets ignored.

I do remember being called arrogant at work for effectively defending attempts to submarine me at my job. It stuck for a long time. I do notice that when I let my Autistic college professor voice come out, no one disputes my logic and my work gets respected, but they mysteriously don't like me enough to promote me. But if I'm "too nice," the logic gets ignored.

Racism is a big piece of what's going on, but religion, culture, ability, are other ways in which people are excluded and discriminated against and attacked. Someone could be White but unexpected in other ways and be excluded on those accounts. That's what I often see missing in the privilege checklist/maatrix idea. It's an incomplete analysis. People have a tapestry of factors, not a continuum.

People in this country have a system of internal oppression that was no different from what their ancestors left behind in feudalism. They try to make it is as those in lower echelons "deserve it" because they've been taught subconsciously that they're fighting for status and postion. Weight is just another indicator in their minds that someone is lower than them. The accusors get upset when they're challenged to work toward their status as opposed to simply deserving it inherently by seeing you do something they have trouble with. It implies they're an impostor.