We’ve all seen it happen. In conversation, online, or in community spaces: “You think you have it bad? In my culture, we had to deal with X.” “At least you’re not [other ethnic group] – they face worse discrimination.” *“Stop complaining. Our grandparents had it 100x harder.” This is what we call the – an unspoken competition over who is the most oppressed, traumatized, or disadvantaged.
Let’s retire the competition. Let’s build connection instead.
The goal of this post is to Title: 🛑 Let’s Stop the ‘BME Pain Olympics’ – Our Suffering Isn’t a Competition
We’ve all seen it happen. In conversation, online, or in community spaces: “You think you have it bad? In my culture, we had to deal with X.” “At least you’re not [other ethnic group] – they face worse discrimination.” *“Stop complaining. Our grandparents had it 100x harder.” This is what we call the – an unspoken competition over who is the most oppressed, traumatized, or disadvantaged.
Let’s retire the competition. Let’s build connection instead. bme pain olympics
The goal of this post is to Title: 🛑 Let’s Stop the ‘BME Pain Olympics’ – Our Suffering Isn’t a Competition We’ve all seen it happen