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Affirmative action as currently implemented based primarily on race is just as bad, shifting the inequality of opportunity at best. White people of low socioeco
by lucaspm98 6y ago
Affirmative action as currently implemented based primarily on race is just as bad, shifting the inequality of opportunity at best. White people of low socioeconomic status are disadvantaged while people of color with high socioeconomic status unfairly benefit. The idea of affirmative action and “anti-racist” policies are fundamentally fine, but it’s almost completely socially unacceptable to disagree with the popular strategies.
- sleepinseattle 6y agoRacial inequity is socially unacceptable. That’s the whole damn point.
- ironmagma 6y agoThe question is how you fix it though, and not all answers to that question are acceptable either.
- raxxorrax 6y agoPlus it can pit those low income groups against each other in favor of self-degrading white people in higher academia that do indeed seem to be there without too much merit.