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Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Absolutely Right About Racist... by stcredzero on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:21PM (#18982430)
Are Asians underrepresented at Harvard? Or if you’re referring to something else, can you elobarate? (sic)

If you re-read my comment, it's clear that I'm not talking about rates of representation. You are trying to bring that in. We're talking about the process, be it a policy implementation or an algorithm.

It's the age-old "equality of outcome" vs. "equality of opportunity."

https://archive.org/stream/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Berge...

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Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Absolutely Right About Racist... by ptd on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:57AM (#19005382)
I wasn’t trying to bring anything in, simply curious exactly what you meant. You’re right though, if I had read you comment more closely I would have realized my question was irrelevant. Thanks for the link.
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