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> The hard part about this is that it comes off as saying that you should treat people differently because of their race. And that's pretty much what it is. It
by GiorgioG 5y ago
> The hard part about this is that it comes off as saying that you should treat people differently because of their race. And that's pretty much what it is. It would require some level of sacrifice by the privileged, at least temporarily, in order to bring everybody back to equal footing.
Isn’t that what affirmative action was supposed to be? Why stop at race? Why not with other physical attributes? Why not force NBA teams to hire short people, same goes for the NHL with their goalies, modeling companies with short/fat/old/unattractive people? People have attributes that give them advantages $ disadvantages. You can’t make everything fair.
- nsilvestri 5y agoThe difference is that the examples you give are intrinsic factors to physical advantages. STEM/academics/work/etc. are extrinsic. Short people are worse at basketball or hockey because their genetics inherently disadvantage them. Underrepresented racial minorities and women are _not_ worse at STEM/academics/work/etc. because their genetics inherently disadvantage them.