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> racial justice According to https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-action https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-actio... the
by cabalamat 10y ago
> racial justice
According to https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-action https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-actio... they support discrimination against white people:
> Affirmative action is one of the most effective tools for redressing the injustices caused by our nation’s historic discrimination against people of color and women, and for leveling what has long been an uneven playing field.
This is bad for two reasons
1. is is immoral in principle
2. it is bad politics; attitudes like this make it more likely that Trump will win a 2nd term
- coldpie 10y agoAffirmative action is not discrimination against white people.
- lol214365 10y agoPreferring non-whites to whites is not discrimination?
- igor47 10y agoBlacks make up almost 13% of the US population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_Unit...) but only about 3% of the population in top-tier schools in the US (http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2015/12/20/diversity-at-top-colleges-heres-the-proof/#34c4870c5e5b http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2015/12/20/diversity-at...). Now, to me, this doesn't really seem like preferring non-whites to whites. Why does it seem that way to you?
- belorn 10y agoTop-tier schools is a proxy for family wealth and African Americans do not hold 13% of the US wealth. If the state stopped all social security, health care, and other benefits to white people, it would also bring similar result as affirmative action. Would it make the world a better place and more equal opportunity?
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