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They're certainly more privileged than disabled black babies. Take any example you like. Poor. Genetic disease. Whatever. Stick black on that baby and you've j
by komali2 7y ago
They're certainly more privileged than disabled black babies.
Take any example you like. Poor. Genetic disease. Whatever. Stick black on that baby and you've just made their lives another degree harder.
- Papirola 7y agonon-American here: how would that extra hardship manifest? and wouldn't that be illegal?
- komali2 7y ago> how would that extra hardship manifest Increased likelihood that their failure to respond to a cop's orders due to, let's say their deafness, results in them being shot dead. > wouldn't that be illegal? You'd think so, but no.
- wbronitsky 7y agoMaking something illegal does not stop people for continuing to perpetuate that something. We have this conversation here all the time, and I think we can all agree that legality is not the beginning nor the end of equity. Put another way: making something illegal does not solve the problem, and asserting that does does makes it harder to solve problems.