It tends to, I think, be seen as "White Woman Syndrome" because it seems like Whtie women are the ones to make a bigger stink--after all, just look at the latest LJ drama over the breastfeeding icons. I mean, god, you have no idea how much this was mocked and ridiculed on some of the minority-focused comms because of how it seemed like White women were throwing up such a big stink over something that was really rather trivial--it was seen as "I can't have it MY WAY so I'm gonna THROW A BIG TEMPER TANTRUM! OPRESSION! DISCRIMINATION! WE SHALL OVERCOME!!!" Most Black people who have an opinion that I've read tended to be like, "...just change your damn defualt icon," and were also fairly *insulted* at these women screaming they were being discriminated against and their saying it was like racial discrimination. WTF. NO.
The way of thinking I've seen about it--and had you asked me a month or so ago I could have given you links to discussion on comms about this very thing--is that White women, being considered the ideal for beauty and such, fully expect the world to love them and make everything perfect for them because they were the Perfect Little Princesses, and when it's *not*, they can't deal. I don't know how much I agree with this, but...yeah.
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Date: 2006-06-10 02:22 pm (UTC)The way of thinking I've seen about it--and had you asked me a month or so ago I could have given you links to discussion on comms about this very thing--is that White women, being considered the ideal for beauty and such, fully expect the world to love them and make everything perfect for them because they were the Perfect Little Princesses, and when it's *not*, they can't deal. I don't know how much I agree with this, but...yeah.