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CMV: it’s not a person’s race or gender that makes accomplishments more or less impressive, but the adversity they face or don’t face

Before I go on, I need to establish that I’m not writing off the accomplishments of minorities. It’s just as impressive, all things being equal, if someone of one minority accomplishes something than if someone who, for instance, is white does the same thing. 

Now, a lot of the time, things aren’t equal. However, I think that this inequality is what really makes it more impressive. If a minority grows up impoverished and in a crime ridden neighborhood and manages to escape the cycle and do extremely well in life, that’s great. The thing is, what’s impressive is doing it in spite of their circumstances, not their race. If a white male grew up impoverished and in a crime ridden neighborhood and managed to do as well, that would be equally impressive. The same goes for someone’s gender as well. 

Also, I am aware that sometimes a person’s race or gender can, in some places and situations, put them at a disadvantage because other people are racist or sexist. In these cases, the person’s skin color or gender isn’t what’s impressive so much as their ability to prove others wrong. 

Most importantly for my argument, if you’re not a minority, that doesn’t make what you do in life less important or less worthy of praise. All people of all races and genders have to face adversity in life sometimes, and sometimes they may face more or less adversity because of those uncontrollable things. I think that overcoming adversity is what makes something more impressive, and a lack of adversity makes it less impressive. 

It’s about focusing on something else. For example, Michael Jordan is impressive because he is really good at basketball and because he overcame a lot of adversity and obstacles to get where he is.  He’s not impressive because he’s black.  I understand some of this is nitpicking, but I think it’s an important step to move away from racial and gender divisions. Even if bad people call attention to race and gender a lot, good people shouldn’t join them and constantly call attention to it too.
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I think this is nitpicking. What most people offering a critique of race relations mean when they say "race" is *precisely* the systematic adversity faced by POC, in aggregate, compared to white folks. And when people praise women for succeeding in a sexist society, they're saying *exactly* that they succeeded despite adversity.

Do you take issue with the idea that there are adversities that systematically tend to affect women and racial minorities more than white men?