I work in a mid sized company and current have the best manager I've ever had. That's because my manager was often mistreated during his career, and often not taken seriously, because he's neurodivergent. He's the most caring manager in the company.
I’m trying not to take the wrong lesson from this. I know we should be seeing that hardship helps build empathy. I should not be concluding that we ought to bully white men for the good of society.
Thanks for being allies, white guys who understand what it feels like to be mistreated. You didn’t deserve what happened to you but I’m glad you’re fighting with us to make things better.
Exactly right. I think the unsaid part here is that white guys are generally dismissing hardship and mistreatment in the workplace until it happens to them. Frankly, it shouldn’t require a personal experience for someone to care about another person being bullied or harassed in the workplace.
Empathy and allyship should not require shared suffering.
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