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Why? It's trivial to find examples. This is a hot button topic in the US- in particular, the now-in-vogue phrase "equity" replacing "equality". Assuming zero-s
by zdragnar 5y ago
Why? It's trivial to find examples. This is a hot button topic in the US- in particular, the now-in-vogue phrase "equity" replacing "equality".
Assuming zero-sum scenarios (such as hiring or school admissions) this is the basic premise behind affirmative action, and is why Ivy league schools (such as Harvard) and state schools (such as California) attempt to suppress Asian and white admittance in favor of black and brown:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/university-of-california-admissions.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/university-of-californ...
In other cases, it is directing tax payer money away from general funds towards specific groups:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-29/palm-springs-supports-guaranteed-income-program-for-transgender-community-members https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-29/palm-spr...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/25/reparations-bill-congress-support/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/25/reparations...
Finally, there are times where subordinates are treated differently for the purposes of promoting the new in-groups:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10663977/Clover-Park-school-district-passes-policy-consider-race-punishing-students.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10663977/Clover-Par... (sorry, I couldn't quickly find a better article than the daily mail, though the video speaks for itself).
The most particularly pernicious idea to become a meme is "decentering whiteness". The net result is that contributions from white people are devalued and deprioritized, effectively dehumanizing white people as though they were nothing more than the sum of their skin color. Examples from various organizations preaching it:
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/decentering-whiteness-building-for-the-movement-tasks-ahead/ https://nonprofitquarterly.org/decentering-whiteness-buildin...
https://www.uua.org/worship/words/decentering-whiteness-worship-webinar https://www.uua.org/worship/words/decentering-whiteness-wors...
https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/decentering-whiteness-at-home-and-in-your-family https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/decentering-whiteness-at-hom...
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/11/11/decentering-whiteness-from-our-american-schools/ https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/11/11/decentering-whitenes...
https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010119 https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysE...
There are no shortage of examples like these in classrooms, workplaces, churches and government services and training, expanding into every facet of society at an increasing rate. The core idea- that many of these things don't need to be structured around a particular culture- is fine. The implementation details, however, rarely are.