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Imagine if I owned a country club and it came out that I'm preferentially choosing people of one race over another, say actively excluding black people. How do

• notacoward 7y ago
  > That's literally what affirmative action is. No, it's not. Affirmative action does not prevent any company from hiring any white/male/etc. people. All it does is preclude them from hiring only such people when there are qualified minority applicants. Equating a preference (even a mandatory one) to a total exclusion is specious, as is equating situations with and without specific ability-to-perform requirements. It's a false analogy.
  • corporate_shi11 7y ago
    In my post I said "preferentially choosing people of one race over another". Sure the hypothetical Country Club lets in some blacks, but it really sets a much higher bar for them. It sets a lower bar for other races. That is affirmative action. Don't believe it? Look at the data unearthed from admissions data provided during the Harvard AA lawsuit. Asians must pass a much higher bar than certain other groups. The question is, if it's not ok for the Country Club, why is it ok for Universities?
    • notacoward 7y ago
      You also said "excluding black people". Don't gaslight.
      • corporate_shi11 7y ago
        Not trying to gaslight, perhaps I wasn't clear enough. In this hypothetical we're not excluding all, just some. The point stands and it is revealing.