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685327593 t1_iu31y99 wrote

Reply to comment by joeschmoe86 in [OC] Racial breakdown of students at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford compared to students scoring 1400+ on the SAT by tabthough

I just honestly can't wrap my head around how a person could logically think the solution to racism is... more racism. This world is so fucked with that sort of logic.

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pickettfury t1_iu33iz0 wrote

I think the idea is to even up the societal balance by giving this generational a handicap. Just imagine starting a game of monopoly mid way through with a bunch of players that already own half the board. It's impossible to compete, right?

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685327593 t1_iu34s8k wrote

Make affirmative action about socioeconomic status instead of skin color then. The moral problem here is that you can't fix the past. You're punishing people who didn't have anything to do with the injustices of the past. That's doubly true for Asians whose ancestors were often ALSO victims of colonialism.

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Thorusss t1_iu38uuv wrote

Imagine the UN decides that all Americans now have to live in severe poverty (global poor - famines, etc.) for two generation, because their grandparents were born in a rich country.

Makes sense also?

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