You read that correctly.

As a black and Hispanic woman (that's not my "identity", it's just what I am), I've never once felt the urge to seek outside validation from the media.

Why? Because my mother raised me to see myself as a human being, and not as a color or a gender.

Now that I'm a Christian, I can also say that seeking the approval of God is far more important than seeking the approval of other human beings. Of course, that's a conversation that most people aren't interested in having, but thankfully, religion isn't necessary to argue against shallow and narcissistic ideas.

What is the purpose of representation?

Some people might say that it's to make certain groups of feel more welcomed in a particular industry. "How can anyone strive to do ___(blank) when they don't see people who look like them?"

Go pull up the Brave browser (or Google, assuming you enjoy the intrusiveness of big tech), and search one of the following:

"black people in movies"
"gay people in politics"
"trans people in television"

or any other combination.

You'll find that the "lack of representation" is a never ending mission, because society has already obtained it. Now, if it's the amount of people in those industries aren't sufficient, the question is, why isn't one person enough?

Is the goal representation, or is it to dominate one particular industry? What percentage of black/gay/trans/disabled/women need to be involved before representation becomes redundant?

If it's a high percentage people are after, than consider how many individuals are actually seeking those roles? Better yet, are they GOOD at what they do?

Some may argue that the NEED for representation comes from the lack of acceptance that certain people experience. But it's just that, certain people. If we've established that representation's already been achieved, than what's stopping a specific individual from also moving forward?

I'll tell yah, it's collectivism (tribalism).

Self accountability will always be pushed to the wayside once someone stops treating themselves as an individual.

If you base you're entire life experience on gender, skin color, or medical diagnosis, you're also believing the lie that certain groups of people hold the same values and principles. If it were true, then every gay/black/trans person on the planet would be in agreement about representation and this blog wouldn't have been published in the first place.

When you adopt the "identity" of a collective by seeing yourself as a gender or color, you also adopt the values (and victimization) that comes with it.

This is why "Black Lives Matter" was able to gain so much support (and $90 Million in donations), despite the groups opposition to the nuclear family, which seems very counterproductive if 72% of black children are raised by single parents.

It's also why you'll commonly hear trans-activists respond with claims of transphobia if someone were to challenge the popularity of "top surgery" or ease of access to hormonal injections, knowing that the amount of suicides (and detransitioners) have been steadily increasing every year.

Representation is a political tactic that's intended to encourage collectiveness. Once collective thinking has been established, it becomes easier to further a specific agenda based on that groups specific needs. Therefore, if a group believes they're oppressed, they'll be more willing to vote against their political oppressors...I mean, opponents.

A perfect example of this would be how the media depicts the republican party as racists and homophobes, leaving only one obvious choice come election time (and yes, I know that third parties exist, but most collective thinkers don't).

Just to be clear, I acknowledge that collectivism can be found on "both sides", duh. My point is that collectiveness surrounding an idea that's specific to a skin color, gender or sexuality, is something that's widely promoted on the political left.

This is why I, or people who hold similar views, are constantly villainized as race traitors for having ideas that aren't appropriate to the collective. It's also why ideas rooted in individualism, for example, rejecting the need for representation, will usually get classified a "conservative talking point".

Falling for representation means that you'll be too preoccupied obsessing over superficial attributes instead of things that actually matter, like diversity of thought. Essentially, taking the low hanging fruit. What's the point of having a room full of brown, gay, trans-women, if everyone's required to think exactly the same?

That's not progress, it's programming.