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Because some societal imbalances are stuck in a local minimum, and it requires some artificial pressures to get out of it. The goal is to improve opportunities
by lifeformed 4y ago
Because some societal imbalances are stuck in a local minimum, and it requires some artificial pressures to get out of it. The goal is to improve opportunities for groups that historically had less of them. Manually adjusting the workforce demographics is one of the tools to nudge things towards the goal, to help shift attitudes and education. It's not perfect, but it's not like market forces are going to do it.
- chrischattin 4y agoYou can’t fix racism/sexism by being racist/sexist.
- aaomidi 4y agoDo you have sources for this? Because from what I’ve read affirmative action has been huge in giving that initial boost for creation of more generational wealth. I mean affirmative action for white people is effectively why white people are so ahead in this country (red lining)
- chrischattin 4y agoThat’s not how citations work. Can’t prove a negative. It’s on YOU to provide proof because you’re the one making the assertion that future racial discrimination fixes past injustice (which I wholeheartedly disagree with).
- unethical_ban 4y agoMake a powerful assertion against the tide of conversation then demand academic level sources without trying to convince anyone of your own position. There is a term for people like you and out rhymes with "scroll". No one is obliged to engage in your attempted argument nor to do more work than you're willing to put into the conversation.
- chrischattin 4y agoI’m sincere. Engaging in racial discrimination does not fix racism. It perpetuates it. It blows my mind that I have to state this in the current year. We have regressed so far.
- unethical_ban 4y agoIt blows my mind we can enslave, murder, ostracize an entire people and culture for hundreds of years and think "alright we're good" will fix it all. It isn't a simple problem, there is no one simple solution, but saying "never provide any extra help in education nor acknowledge systemic issues in criminal justice and housing" is pretty shallow. Of course, being an actual social democracy would get us really far, but poor conservative white people can't imagine a better life for themselves and poor black people. Effective government is evil to them.
- chrischattin 4y agoThat is twisted logic to justify racist behavior.
- aaomidi 4y agoI agree it’s twisted to think we can solve racism without addressing our history.
- cjblomqvist 4y agoThere is a logical argument that if you do A, and the problem is doing A, then doing more of A will not fix it. So no need to have sources.