Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by skippyboxedhero on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:09PM
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I would look at what happened in South Africa. An explicit part of Mandela's agenda was setting an end point for the discussions around what happened during apartheid.
South Africa is also a good example of what happens if people decide to go back and reopen that box (and tbf, when it came to money the initial movement was quite short-lived, the current President of South Africa got very rich very quickly).
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by cloverich on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:43PM
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You dont need to go back in time or define who is and isnt to blame. A few simple tax based measures (ex: free college for black people for 200 years) and genuine atonement (ex: replace civil war relics that downplay southern role in slavery and its associated atrocities) and wed be light years ahead of where we are today.
Staple an endpoint on it then move on. The trick is doing SOMETHING meaningful and country wide is whats missing.
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by lotsofpulp on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:03PM
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Why restrict it to black people? Then you have to get into defining black and not black?
Instead, just offer free college to everyone.
Getting into the weeds of defining who is and is not deserving of wealth redistribution is just going to waste society’s resources by pitting tribe versus tribe, and ironically mostly helps those at the top.
“Poor” is easier to define and rectify, and at the end of the day, I think the goal should be to provide a floor to members of society and maximize opportunities to all.