the solution to affirmative action

when they can't question your chosen truth

There is a button on the door at the ferry terminal.

It’s made for disabled people.

It’s there to open the door so that those who have trouble opening doors can get by.

Lately I’ve noticed that this button is regularly pushed.

And not for the elderly,

Nor those with mobility issues.

Instead?

The first through the door tends to smack the button for those behind them.

Watching this happen one day, I saw a mother with stroller.

The button wasn’t there for them.

I saw a student struggling with heavy backpack.

They used the door too.

But the button wasn’t designed for them.

Nor was it designed for the tired looking middle aged white guy.

But they all seemed to need it.

So, dear reader, let me smack a button for you.

If you feel cut out by ‘affirmative action’ hiring criteria,

DO NOT FIGHT IT.

Do not despair.

Instead?

Check all of the boxes.

You are a transgendered, dwarven, neuro-diverse, immigrant, POC.

They can’t argue with you.

Just say: It’s how I self identify.

And?

If they argue with you?

Accuse them of bei…