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> Middle class That's the key word, not "white" or "men". I fully support redressing inequality of opportunity... as long as it's not sexist or racist.

• DanBC 9y ago
  But black people are more disadvantaged than white people, so obviously any programme aimed at reducing inequality will have more focus on black people. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2017/01/13/trump-won-white-voters-but-serious-inequities-remain-for-black-americans/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2017/01...
  • tomp 9y ago
    That's fine. I'm in strong support of any such program, as long as skin color is not an explicit factor. Such program won't be unfair (e.g. Obama's daughter won't benefit from it, but the poor straight white orphaned guy from the worst neighborhood will), and automatically self-adjusting (at the beginning it will be disproportionately aimed at black people, but eventually - if the programme succeeds - the representation of its beneficiaries will tend to reflect the wider society). Edit: in other words, if you want to help poor people, help poor people. If you want to help black people, help black people, but don't pretend you're helping poor people, and don't be surprised when you're called racist (like white supremacists, who help white people) or when you receive backlash from non-black people.
• dreamfactor 9y ago
  Poverty is one factor, race and gender are others. A middle class black girl is definitely at a disadvantage compared to a middle class white guy. All impact equality of opportunity separately and it would be perverse to address one and not the other
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