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Is something necessarily racist if it happens to negatively impact non-white races more? Seems like a 'causation != correlation' kind of thing.
by TwoBit 6y ago
Is something necessarily racist if it happens to negatively impact non-white races more? Seems like a 'causation != correlation' kind of thing.
- pseudalopex 6y agoThe legal term is disparate impact.[1] Something that isn't obviously discriminatory but affects a specific group disproportionately has a discriminatory effect anyway. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_impact
- 0x1DEADCA0 6y agoSickle cell disease also has a disparate impact, who should we tax and regulate to right this wrong?
- Ancapistani 6y agoI would argue “no”, but in this case it seems clear that this was done specifically for racially-motivated reasons.