Comment on Why do we need legal genders at all?

FiniteBanjo@feddit.online ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not sure. You’re not allowed to criminally harrass a white cis man even though they are not a protected class.

  In Canada, our charter specifies:

  15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

  No gender specifically, but equality is universal.

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  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Race is a protected class. So, white cis male are a protected class. White, African American, Latino, Asian, Native American, etc. All of them.

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    • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes. Sorry if I wasn’t clear, that was my point. Universal, without calling out specifics, but then they called out these specifics as a clarification rather than a limitation.

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    you don’t have to define every race to make race a protected class- you just have to define what ‘race’ is. all ‘protected class’ means is that It’s a group of people that have protections against discrimination.

    For example, if a black person gets a parking ticket, sure it could be that the officer was a racist fuck. but that’s irrelevant if they can show the black person didn’t pay for parking. (you might try to make an argument saying ‘well they don’t ticket white people’, but good luck proving that in court.)

    protected classes at the us federal level include:

    • Race
    • Sex
    • Age
    • Disability
    • National Origin
    • Religion
    • Genetic Information*___*

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