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“Protected classes” already exist and have been tested in courts. It’s a lot easier to use that than to come up with completely different criteria businesses w
by kayodelycaon 3y ago
“Protected classes” already exist and have been tested in courts.
It’s a lot easier to use that than to come up with completely different criteria businesses will find loopholes in or create loopholes through lobbying.
Personally I don’t like that our best option is to use protected classes to enforce better behavior. But most of the time it’s a good equivalent, and it’s a good example of those nasty compromises that allow democracies to work effectively.
- appleskeptic 3y agoThere's a big difference between banning discrimination against protected classes and mandating discrimination in their favor, which is what this basically does, see the comment and discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38304639 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38304639
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- kayodelycaon 3y agoCorrect. Protected classes is being used as a proxy for all economic situations. It prevents a telecom from under-serving poor neighbors. It has significant historical precedence: https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service