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axle
16y ago
An the lawsuits are there because people recognized that if the place were left as it were, discrimination would persist.
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axle
16y ago
Well, good for you, because being Black in america is a choice. You can choose to select black as your race. Why not do it? You would have the advantages of affirmative action and none of the disadvntages of actually having black skin. Sure
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axle
16y ago
That's basically the problem - you don't understand. You don't understand that black men can't just go into the clubs that white people can, you don't understand that when white people meet black people, their faces are slightly less relaxe
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axle
16y ago
When the playing field is very clearly level. And right now, it's really not. Go to small towns in the U.S south and see how black people live. And go ask women how they are treated in companies.
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axle
16y ago
Exactly. So you believe your life would be better and easier if you were black or a woman, right? Would you agree to be black if it were possible right now?
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axle
16y ago
The problem is really that you likely have not been anything else apart from a male WASP. See, there is no institution working against you. These things you are complaining about not getting are not the main product, they are shortcuts. A s