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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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