Re:Google adds "Black-owned" business attribute to local lis...
by nico42 on Friday July 31, 2020 @06:40AM
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the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
* Any tool that allows to discriminate "for" allows to discriminate "against"
* What is the rational to be able to add "black-owned", but not "mexican-owned" or anything else, are mexicans not victims of discriminations ?
* What is the end game ? Black people go to black-owned businesses, white people go to white-owned businesses ? this kind of anti-racism looks a little bit like segregation to me.
I'm not against any positive actions, but this one seems dangerous and could have unwanted indirect impacts
* Any tool that allows to discriminate "for" allows to discriminate "against"
* What is the rational to be able to add "black-owned", but not "mexican-owned" or anything else, are mexicans not victims of discriminations ?
* What is the end game ? Black people go to black-owned businesses, white people go to white-owned businesses ? this kind of anti-racism looks a little bit like segregation to me.
I'm not against any positive actions, but this one seems dangerous and could have unwanted indirect impacts