Let me re-phrase. [View all]

Right now, if discriminatory behavior (hiring, social interaction, whatever), is launched against any particular group (Blacks, trans people, fat people), the only effective response is to affirm that group, by social communication and rules and laws.

We need to be vigorous in our defense of such groups. This, however, perpetuates a problem, as I see it.  We would be better off if we could deal with one another in our uniqueness.  Churches I've been to ask us to wear name tags that declare our pronouns.  That can mask the rich variety of qualities inherent in each person.  We're nudged to think of them, and ourselves, in terms of a group. In the case of a church, progressive, as well as gender identification.

I'm hoping for era changing ideas that will show us the way to fight for justice while, at the same time, promoting the habit of dealing with people in their rich variety of attributes.

Any ideas out there?