Should I be sure that people in a traditionally disadvantaged group who are dealing with drug abuse, gangs, and severe poverty have a lot bigger things to deal with than the occasional dismissive glance, or the odd resume being tossed in the trash because of their name, an extra detention or two if they’re in school, or a slur thrown out casually here or there?

And the ones who aren’t dealing with all that crap have nothing to complain about, right? They’ll be fine. Right?

I thought as a society we were trying to get past this “let’s be mean to people who share a superficial characteristic” thing.

I don’t support these kinds of tactics used against any group. People should be held responsible for their own actions, not for the actions of others with the same eye color, shoe size, name, skin pigmentation, or anything else.

Some violations are more worth fussing about than others, but they’re ALL bad. None are worth defending. If you made the “this doesn’t compare” point alone — sure, that’s fair. But when you get into the they’ll be fine part, no, they might not. And they shouldn’t have to be.