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> That's a feature, not a bug. As Ibram X Kendi says, "the only remedy to past discrimination, is present discrimination". Not only is this logically fallaciou
by baryphonic 4y ago
> That's a feature, not a bug. As Ibram X Kendi says, "the only remedy to past discrimination, is present discrimination".
Not only is this logically fallacious (has Kendi really considered every possible remedy?), but it is belied by historical fact. Chinese people were heavily discriminated against in America at one time. Today, Chinese people and their descendants are among the most successful ethnic groups in America, but have never received any sort of affirmative action program. In fact, Chinese people are still discriminated against (by e.g. Ivy League admissions offices) for being "too successful."
My experiences with DEI acolytes who follow the likes of Kendi, Crenshaw, Coates & DiAngelo is that they respond to these inconvenient facts with mystical assertions about successful non-white groups being "white adjacent" or beneficiaries of "white supremacy."