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Re:SoftBank launches $100m minorities startup fund by hnhg on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:47AM (#23413383)
Say there was a disease that predominantly affected a given race. Would you then object to a health system producing a tailored response to that group based on group characteristics?

e.g. https://www.gaucherdisease.org/blog/5-common-ashkenazi-genet...

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Re:SoftBank launches $100m minorities startup fund by Thorentis on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:50AM (#23413411)
Of course not, if race was proven to be the actual underlying factor. The point in the OP was that the underlying cause is not race, but other group traits (low socio-economic status, poor family background) - which people of all races can and do possess.
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Re:SoftBank launches $100m minorities startup fund by hnhg on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:55AM (#23413449)
I'm not replying to that.
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Re:SoftBank launches $100m minorities startup fund by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:54AM (#23413446)
These diseases are based on genetic differences, and the tailored treatments are based on genetic differences. Are you really implying that there are genetic differences between the races that cause differences? I find that pretty racist.
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Re:SoftBank launches $100m minorities startup fund by hnhg on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:01AM (#23413491)
That's my point. To talk about differences isn't racist. It's how they are used to keep power structures in place that is. Your definition is IMO not helpful in any way. If racism were so simple to define then as people we wouldn't have had any problems eradicating it, would we?
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