Curious about your thoughts

[athena]

27. OK, I understand, but I still think it's too hard to choose one over the other.

Even if you go just by frequency, it's impossible to say how frequently each one happens. If you're a white woman, you'll naturally tend to notice sexism more, whereas if you're a Black, Asian, or Hispanic man, you'll tend to notice racism more.

For example, as a woman who has been hurt by sexism, I inevitably notice sexism more. I've had to change my career twice because of sexism. There are two giant billboards that I see every day on my way to work that declare that fetuses "feel pain" (as if pregnant women don't). But every time I see a car stopped on the highway, at least nine times out of ten, the driver is Black. I also notice that the neighborhood where I live is wealthy and overwhelmingly white, whereas the neighborhood where I work is poor and overwhelmingly Black; this suggests a great deal of racism that is segregating the population. It's impossible to compare.