> What's the proposed solution? There actually is an equitable solution there: help all of the poor equally. To the extent any identifiable group has been hi

> What's the proposed solution? There actually is an equitable solution there: help all of the poor equally. To the extent any identifiable group has been historically disadvantaged, this solution will balance things out by disproportionately helping those groups. I really don't know why it's not more popular as a way to make society more fair, or why group-based interventions are seen as necessary despite the existence of a simple and stable way of leveling the playing field and keeping it closer to level over time, instead of constantly debating how much we have to tip it in which direction(s) and for how long. Of course, there's still the problem that things will probably never be perfectly fair no matter what we do and that grievance can always be used as a reason for people to push for rules that favor their groups over others.