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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by fallingknife on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:10PM (#26306816)
No one is complaining about going after actual racists. The problem is that things which aren't racist are now defined as racist and vice versa. e.g. saying that universities shouldn't admit students by race and only use grades and test scores is now "racist"
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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by whimsicalism on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:17PM (#26306926)
I don't think that's racist, although, personally, I do think that people holding those takes often have a myopic view of the world.

You're saying that you think that your job would be in danger if you said publicly that you thought that universities should be race-blind?

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by fallingknife on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:26PM (#26307070)
Me personally no, but I'm not so sure that I would risk saying it. On the other hand, I know I would be in no danger whatsoever stating that I favored racial admissions policies. I am sure that I would be in danger if I criticized my employer's hiring policies on that point. You set a high bar, though. The idea of getting called racist for advocating directly against racism should be no more than a bad joke.
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