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minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 hours agoAll representation is positive. Honestly this just feels of privilege from people who have never had to live in a world where their real identity would get them fired or worse.
minus-squareLime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 hours agoNot necessarily, these same companies will turn around and fire trans or queer people the moment they come out or allow homo/trans phobia to happen. So no, not if it leads to exactly 0 material improvement to people’s actual lives and is just a cynical way to make more money (which 9/10 it is).
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours agoAnd it is people more like the comrade in this meme than the capitalist wearing a rainbow token who got us here, and there is still work to do.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoCorporations feeling comfortable enough to support LGBT+ people is a good barometer of how we stand in society as a population.
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 hours agoIt demonstrates profits from performative diversity outweighs losses from bigots.
minus-squarePeppr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 hours agoYes, and while that doesn’t mean things are dandy, that’s still better than the alternative.
minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 hours agoTo state the unstated, “comfortable” for a corporation is defined as what stakeholders believe will not damage them financially, boycott vs marketing. If they think the boycott outweighs the positive sentiment, they don’t print the ad.
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours ago how much the government likes us combined with how much they have promised to corporations.
All representation is positive. Honestly this just feels of privilege from people who have never had to live in a world where their real identity would get them fired or worse.
Not necessarily, these same companies will turn around and fire trans or queer people the moment they come out or allow homo/trans phobia to happen.
So no, not if it leads to exactly 0 material improvement to people’s actual lives and is just a cynical way to make more money (which 9/10 it is).
And it is people more like the comrade in this meme than the capitalist wearing a rainbow token who got us here, and there is still work to do.
Corporations feeling comfortable enough to support LGBT+ people is a good barometer of how we stand in society as a population.
It demonstrates profits from performative diversity outweighs losses from bigots.
Yes, and while that doesn’t mean things are dandy, that’s still better than the alternative.
To state the unstated, “comfortable” for a corporation is defined as what stakeholders believe will not damage them financially, boycott vs marketing.
If they think the boycott outweighs the positive sentiment, they don’t print the ad.