Oppression Olympics

English Etymology First attested in 1993, see quotation below, but one source describes it as being in use "several years" before 1995.en Diversity in Work Teams: Research Paradigms for a Changing Workplace Several years ago, a student in the class aptly named this dynamic "the Oppression Olympics." 1995 Robin J. Ely 170 155798333X Susan E. Jackson; Marian N. Ruderman https://archive.org/details/diversityinworkt0000unse/page/170 The Role of the Dominant Identity and Experience in Organizational Work on Diversity https://archive.org/details/diversityinworkt0000unse/page/161 American Psychological Association Washington, DC https://archive.org/details/diversityinworkt0000unse Attributions include unidentified studentsen Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture, and Identity People of color need to turn today's swiftly changing demographics into a source of strength rather than a new round of divide-and-conquer games. "Beware the Oppression Olympics," as a student I met once said. 1994 Elizabeth Martínez 222–223 0895947080 Elena Featherston https://archive.org/details/skindeep00elen/page/222 Afterword The Crossing Press Freedom and Elizabeth V. Spelman.en Overcoming Racism and Sexism It neither appropriates the pain of others nor engages in what Spelman has called elsewhere [not in Inessential Woman] an "Oppression Olympics," that is, an irrelevant effort to determine who has suffered the most. 1995 Linda A. Bell 11 0847680312 Linda A. Bell; David Blumenfeld https://archive.org/details/overcomingracism0000unse/page/10 Introduction https://archive.org/details/overcomingracism0000unse/page/1 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Lanham https://archive.org/details/overcomingracism0000unse Proper noun oppression Olympics 1 en slang derogatory Competition between marginalized groups to be considered the most subject to oppression. en [ELIZABETH] MARTÍNEZ: But the general idea is no competition of hierarchies should prevail. No “Oppression Olympics”! Coalition Building Among People of Color Enunciating Our Terms: Women of Color in Collaboration and Conflict 1993-05-12 1994 Angela Y. Davis; Elizabeth Martínez María Ochoa; Teresia Teaiwa 7 Inscriptions University of California: Santa Cruz Center for Cultural Studies https://culturalstudies.ucsc.edu/inscriptions/volume-7/ https://culturalstudies.ucsc.edu/inscriptions/volume-7/angela-y-davis-elizabeth-martinez/ See also en woke Olympics References en Social justice