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I didn't say Asians/whites are racist. I said the SS system itself is racist because it disproportionately benefits some races over others. Arguably the legis
by Consultant32452 10y ago
I didn't say Asians/whites are racist. I said the SS system itself is racist because it disproportionately benefits some races over others. Arguably the legislators and voters who want to keep the same system are racist too, though I suppose the voters are just ignorant. I highly doubt the legislators are ignorant of this problem.
- braveo 10y ago> because it disproportionately benefits some races over others. That's not what racism means, stop abusing a word to further your own agenda. I mean what next, skin pigmentation is racist because it causes higher rates of skin cancer in some races than others?
- throwanem 10y agoThe obvious counter, I think, would be that Social Security, unlike the sun, is a system of human design, and susceptible to human redesign - which the sun isn't, not yet at least. (For clarity, I'm not espousing this position, and will not defend it with any energy should it be attacked. I post it because I'm as curious what a supporter of the "Social Security is racist" claim will think of it, as I am convinced that it's the most obvious consistent response to your point.)
- braveo 10y agoand I would agree that SS is not perfect, and that it CAN be improved. I just dislike characterizing it as racist. You can absolutely argue for the betterment of SS, even on the grounds that it inadvertently affects things along racial lines, without calling it a racist system.
- throwanem 10y agoWould one be correct to regard as a trivial inference from your argument the statement that Social Security is also ageist, because in the aggregate it benefits older people over younger? If not, why not?
- antisthenes 10y agoIt is classist first and foremost, which the article does a very good job of describing and backing up with data, then, perhaps racist.