[0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9707689/ in India, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.... in UK
1) There are social, economic, and institutional norms surrounding sleep.
2) These norms are defined (or at least abided) by a majority group.
3) A minority of individuals can’t abide by these norms either due to physiological differences or necessity.
4) Some people benefit from the work that this minority does, and the minority is not adequately compensated in comparison to the benefits they generate.
It was my first impression as well, but if I get over my gag reflex and actually read the lines carefully, it seems the "injustice" basically means that people with different schedules are treated unfairly by society and the "minorities" are precisely those with different schedules.
One thing that came out of those discussion is a four-day school week. That is popular with rural parents across cultures.
The fact that some of our students come from a White or Hispanic or Native American heritage doesn't enter into the conversation, other than through their individual expressed preferences. Some cultures tend to speak more quietly and it's up to us to listen carefully. But we care about what those parents care about, not what our assumptions about their culture would lead us to guess they care about.
The scholarship on this isn’t good.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/zutvcs/comme...
Is this a joke? Instead of idk improving labour laws… more worker power / unionization… let’s just stop “oppressing” people with assumptions about their sleep schedule.
They’ve hit on something real, but their solution is bonkers.
piinbinary•1h ago
eastbound•41m ago
And honestly, I’ve been both, and it mostly comes down to rearranging the day around an early schedule, and to a lesser degree, being motivated. I used to wake up at 4.30 when I was motivated at work. And I’d always have classified myself as a late sleeper.
oytis•36m ago
eikenberry•9m ago