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This has been rubbing me the wrong way for the past day. It appears to state a false set of premises - that minorities have the bulletproof ability to threaten
by lizthegrey 15y ago
This has been rubbing me the wrong way for the past day.
It appears to state a false set of premises - that minorities have the bulletproof ability to threaten employers with being sued for discrimination unless they are hired, regardless of qualification. The focus on this ridiculous premise for rhetorical effect obscures the real danger of such requirements - that non-visible minority status leads to vulnerability to being discriminated against.
People in minorities are disempowered and denied equal consideration, not demanding special rights to be hired even if unqualified. It's frankly insulting to have an argument has been used completely seriously to argue against the existence of anti-discrimination laws by Republicans and Libertarians instead used for the purposes of satire.