I find this pretty poorly argued for a few reasons. First, racism isn't necessarily about collective guilt. Racists can absolutely recognize that any particula

I find this pretty poorly argued for a few reasons. First, racism isn't necessarily about collective guilt. Racists can absolutely recognize that any particular person should not be lumped in with their entire race. See: "one of the good ones". One can say horribly racist things in terms of statistics while leaving open the possibility that they might not apply to any particular person. Second, policies like affirmative action aren't about collective guilt either. The justification is not that white college applicants are evil and must be punished. Maybe there is some of that lurking beneath the surface, but I have never heard the argument in those terms from anyone worth listening to. The argument is that racism is so pervasive and so entrenched that avoiding bias requires adding bias in the other direction, not mere even-handedness. There are parts of this idea that are good. I find that huge parts of our society are based around rewarding or punishing people for the actions of their family and peers (see: the whole class system). But this article in particular is flawed.