# It's 2050: Who is the group struggling for recognition now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189 "2016-08-18T17:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/1 "2016-08-18T17:33:01Z")
About every 20 years or so, a group comes forward and demands rights and recognition that it formerly did not possess. In the post-war years, it was the blacks; in the 1970s, it was the feminists; then the gays; and now the transgendered. Assuming this pattern holds, what group do you think will be the next to assert their identity and begin to demand rights? Note: I am not making or seeking any ethical statements on any group, this is a purely academic question. So who’s next? Who’s poised to be the next group to demand mainstream recognition? ---
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/2 "2016-08-18T17:39:56Z")
Ex-cons? I’ve never understood why they can’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/3 "2016-08-18T18:09:10Z")
Robots. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/4 "2016-08-18T18:10:48Z")
Bigots. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/5 "2016-08-18T18:13:09Z")
Disenfranchised old white guys. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/6 "2016-08-18T18:15:18Z")
Polygamists and the incestuous. Mentally ill people. Sovereign citizens. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/7 "2016-08-18T18:15:37Z")
I am wondering if AI or cloning will be advanced enough by this date to have generated enough individuals in search of a legal identity to form the basis of a movement. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/8 "2016-08-18T18:24:52Z")
How about Native Americans? [http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/08/23/honor-treaties-un-human-rights-chiefs-message-150996](http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/08/23/honor-treaties-un-human-rights-chiefs-message-150996) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/9 "2016-08-18T18:27:17Z")
They can’t do it themselves, but I think animal rights has a way to go. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/10 "2016-08-18T18:30:53Z")
Furries. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/11 "2016-08-18T18:40:17Z")
Atheists ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/12 "2016-08-18T18:49:22Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > How about Native Americans? [‘Honor the Treaties’: UN Human Rights Chief’s Message - ICTMN.com](http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/08/23/honor-treaties-un-human-rights-chiefs-message-150996) I think this is a good guess. I live in CO, where we have a significant NA population, and they are beginning to be much more vocal and increasingly organized. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/13 "2016-08-18T19:46:59Z")
Carnivores. And people who like gluten. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/14 "2016-08-18T19:53:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Atheists seconded. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/15 "2016-08-18T20:04:56Z")
Left-handed masturbators. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/16 "2016-08-18T21:47:46Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > seconded. ☹ It really is a shame that Atheists are oppressed and don’t even have all the rights that even Transgenders now have. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/17 "2016-08-18T21:48:39Z")
zygotes ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/18 "2016-08-18T21:57:34Z")
foreigners ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/19 "2016-08-18T21:58:02Z")
> [@QuarkChild](#): > > Ex-cons? I’ve never understood why they can’t vote. After a court decision one month before the 2000 election affirming same, neither can U.S. citizens who are residents of U.S. territories or possessions, like Puerto Rico, the USVI, Guam, etc. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2050-who-is-the-group-struggling-for-recognition-now/763189/20 "2016-08-18T22:27:00Z")
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