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> But it's $current_year, and race suddenly matters. What is with the terrible discussion happening on this thread? There are black people alive in the US toda
by enumjorge 5y ago
> But it's $current_year, and race suddenly matters.
What is with the terrible discussion happening on this thread? There are black people alive in the US today who in their lifetime could not use the same bathroom or schools as white people. In what world did race not “matter” until now?
- raxxorrax 5y agoIt started to matter less and less and some people were convinced we should strongly hit the brakes on that because they believed they know better and non-falsifiable unconscious bias is the reason people won't intermix. There is just as much scientific rigor behind such statements as there is behind horoscopes, but it still became public policy and has a huge negative effect because it disunites people.
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- ajsnigrutin 5y agoYes... there was segregation... then things started to normalize, and race didn't matter anymore (atleast not as much). Instead of going further, and making race irrelevant in everything, things turned around, and we gained back new segregation, with PoC only places and events, even graduations ( https://hsdm.harvard.edu/event/harvard-black-and-latinx-graduation-ceremonies https://hsdm.harvard.edu/event/harvard-black-and-latinx-grad... ) and "white people need not apply" at taxpayer paid jobs ( https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1452228/bbc-job-advert-bans-white-people-bame-ethnic-minorities-uk-media-jobs https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1452228/bbc-job-advert-ban... ).