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its all about you and your son apparently?
by the_cat_kittles 4y ago
its all about you and your son apparently?
- RigelKentaurus 4y agoYou're totally missing the point. If it's happening to me, it's happening to many thousands of other families too, and it's not OK.
- latency-guy2 4y agoWhy not? His son appears to have put forth the effort and sacrificed plenty, far more than 99% of students, and looks like his son has the smarts and grit for it as well. This should be about these people in this world. Why are you making it out like it isn't? This is quite literally THE subject. Why is his son being penalized for his skin color? There is no logical stance for Affirmative Action as it currently stands without admitting that you are for racist policies.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoRacism by definition in the English language asserts racial superiority of one race over another. A policy being race aware isn’t necessarily asserting any form of superiority, and is therefore by definition not racist. I realize people want to use the word “racist” because it implies something bad being done related to race, but they fail to realize that the “bad” of racism is racial supremacy - not the “race” part.
- inglor_cz 4y agoInjustice tends to work on personal level. Would you happily sacrifice your son's wellbeing for the Greater Good, or whatever some talking heads say that the Greater Good is? In that case, think hard about yourself, because you just might be sliding into fanaticism, or that kind of suckership that keeps tyrants afloat and fills their armies with cannon fodder since time immemorial.
- int_19h 4y agoLet's talk numbers, then. How many cases like this would you consider an acceptable price to pay for the sake of remedying other discrimination?