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> But on the other hand, those people have been systematically discriminated against, well, forever. The solution is not to systematically discriminate in anot
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
> But on the other hand, those people have been systematically discriminated against, well, forever.
The solution is not to systematically discriminate in another direction, forever.
In addition, you risk political blowback. People who are discriminated against get unhappy, and you have abandoned the high moral ground that racial discrimination is always a bad thing, and you end up in a worse situation than you started.
- Izkata 4y ago> In addition, you risk political blowback. People who are discriminated against get unhappy Something related that tends to be forgotten, the temporal aspect: People just entering the workforce who have only ever been on the wrong end of affirmative action. For them, there is no "balance" or "correction" going on, they're just plain being discriminated against.
- throwaway894345 4y agoI think this is exactly what is happening with the rise of right-wing groups. We tried fighting racism with racism and now we’re surprised that there is more racism than when we started. Sadly the “fight racism with racism” people interpret the increase in racism as a need to double down.