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And it turns out that if you use race to choose who to pick from that stack it's a blatant violation of the civil rights act of 1964.
by fallingknife 2y ago
And it turns out that if you use race to choose who to pick from that stack it's a blatant violation of the civil rights act of 1964.
- drawkward 2y agoAccording to the same jurists who gutted that civil rights act.
- Spivak 2y agoNot saying it isn't, am saying that nobody is getting a free pass. But taking a step back, folks aren't really that opposed to "positive discrimination" when forced to actually reveal their preferences. We call positive sexism is chivalry, and positive racism affirmative action and it's broadly supported. The population most strongly opposed to positive racism are people who want or are indifferent to negative racism so it's hard to know how to read that.
- fallingknife 2y agoI have no idea what you are getting at with that word salad, but Americans are against racist admissions by a 2 to 1 margin. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/16/supreme-court-affirmative-action-00135787 https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/16/supreme-court-affir...
- Spivak 2y agohttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/16/americans-and-affirmative-action-how-the-public-sees-the-consideration-of-race-in-college-admissions-hiring/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/16/americans... Or... not and the results of polls heavily depend on how the question is asked. Apparently more people say affirmative action is good than bad. So maybe? Even the pew poll gets wildly inconsistent results depending on the question. The only consistent thing in all the graphs is the left/right split and you're more likely to be against affirmative action when it's selecting against you.
- int_19h 2y agoAffirmative action doesn't seem to fare well when it's a subject of a referendum, even in otherwise "deep blue" states where you'd expect the public sentiment to be in favor of it.
- drawkward 2y ago"Racist admissions" lol. American society is systematically racist. Americans have a horrible legacy of racism and, frankly, haven't dealt with it.