Why does this need to be an acronym? Seems like a convoluted way to say one should know their second best option when negotiating, but that seems like an obvious thing even a 5 year old knows.
No, it's untrue. Not that white men get paid more--that's true--but that it's an option. I can choose to improve my negotiation skills and my BATNA, so those are options. If you aren't already a white man, being a white man is not an option for you. We're talking about what our effective options are and that's just not one of them.
(Regardless of whether gender transitions count as a choosing to become a man, I don't think it would do much to boost income in our current society.)
Discussing voting/flagging is a violation of the site guidelines, which is itself enough of a reason to flag this.
But it's an irrelevant and juvenile point anyway, because it's not something you can change. Negotiation tactics, BATNA, etc are all things you can influence. Your race or how the hiring manager perceives it are not.
No one here is getting offended by words on a website. If it gets flagged, it's because it's a veiled attempt to derail the original discussion completely.
