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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:46PM (#24725204)
> I know there are a lot of people coming to the conclusion that affirmative action counts as discrimination

Any distinction in a decision is discrimination. What is more relevant is it (legally or ethically, depending on context) impermissible discrimination.

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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by dahart on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:53PM (#24725255)
I fully agree, and that's exactly what I'd like to explore more. I went with what I believe is a common interpretation of discrimination as something that is negative and biased against a specific target.
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