Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by dcow on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:05PM
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In the context here I think people take affirmative action to mean “official race-based consideration in the college admissions process”. While helping others out when they demonstrate need is action, it’s usually just called being a decent person and you don't have to limit it to artificial racial boundaries.
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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by BobbyJo on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:27PM
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> While helping others out when they demonstrate need is action, it’s usually just called being a decent person and you don't have to limit it to artificial racial boundaries.
100% But back to the context: controlling for racial disparity. If your answer is "just be nice" then you're choosing the "wait it out for 100's of years" option. That's totally your prerogative, and I personally flip flop between the two in terms of which I think is better for society.