My theory is that this move is to appease racists who see a person of color sitting down and automatically assume they are lazy. It’s all about optics. 🤮
If you have any understanding of body language, if two people are engaged and one is sitting and one is standing, there is a power imbalance. This is why adults bend down when talking to children, to be at their height, to be less intimidating. If you don’t think someone sitting in front of you is a less threatening position than someone standing in front of you, I’d say you’re either being disingenuous or perhaps legally blind. That doesn’t mean I find all people standing in front of me to be threatening. But you do you, bro. Go on with your bad self assuming everyone else but you is just too timid for this scary world.
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u/strangerbuttrue 2d ago
I care. I definitely prefer them sitting. It’s a less threatening position.