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Except that you make a HUGE generalization based on the gender and the race. You expect Everyone in that group to have to work harder, and you expect that every
by ironjunkie 8y ago
Except that you make a HUGE generalization based on the gender and the race. You expect Everyone in that group to have to work harder, and you expect that everyone not in that group to have it easy.
Stereotyping people based on their race//gender is exactly what we should not do, but exactly what most simple affirmative actions are aiming at.
What really matters is socio-economic background.
- ssfrr 8y agoI don't think it's a stretch to say that life is harder (on average) for minorities. Ignoring the role of racism and sexism to try to put all the blame on socio-economic background is a gross oversimplification. The NYtimes had a really nice infographic [1] showing the racial disparities in class mobility. tl;dr - white folks who are born rich tend to stay rich more often than black folks, and those who are born poor are more likely to move upwards. [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-class-white-and-black-men.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-c...
- ironjunkie 8y agoIt is not a stretch, racism exists of course. But as you say, it is on average. And you are entirely basing this assumption on the external skin//gender attributes. When you are doing decisions on the "Average" of a specific group, you are misrepresenting people that do not fit in the stereotype.