Empyre-and notice every interview brings up the fact that the woman that plays Mary is jewish.
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I personally am sick of hearing all the ******** and moaning from people who don't fit the class.
I'm assuming you mean the white straight male class? Well, I've posted before that I'm brown, and obviously a woman, but I can honestly say I've never gotten so much as a grant for college, all loans which I'm still paying off. I've never edged out someone for a job because of my color.
I am bilingual, intelligent and not bad to look at, and these are things that have sometimes worked to my advantage by helping supplant my lack of money and opportunity. However, I have at one time or another ******* about the fact that because I am a woman, a man feels that he is inherently more qualified for a job than I am, or that I can be paid less, or that a woman feels I would be better off at home with children. I have also ******* about the fact that because I am Hispanic I am thought to be a drain on resources that I have personally never used, and practically illiterate, not to mention the assumption that jokes about my culture and customs are fair game, since they so obviously don't compare to mainstream American culture.
These things are all colossally unfair.
I think it's *****-worthy that because of my faith, people assume I hold certain values. All this can be remedied by opening my mouth and setting them straight, but not everyone wants to listen.
Rixtar and Empyre- Am I saying that white straight males are responsible for this? In no way. I am saying that they are less likely, as a group, to experience it, and develop empathy for it.