Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by Timon3 on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:12AM
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> But why divide things along skin color?
Because that is the basis on which people are being discriminated against? If people suddenly started beating up people with red hair, why wouldn't we try to help the group "people with red hair"?
> There are so many ways to group people, income of parents, whether they are from single parent homes, history of severe illness in family line, … etc. No one seems to care about equal outcomes when it comes to such groupings though.
The same people who care about race-based discrimination are also trying to create equal outcomes for those groupings. Why do you think they don't?
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by worrycue on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:24AM
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Why do we only care about inequality due to racial discrimination?
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by Timon3 on Friday June 30, 2023 @08:59AM
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Who is only caring about inequality due to racial discrimination? I specifically replied to this point in the comment you replied to.
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by worrycue on Friday June 30, 2023 @10:01AM
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Affirmative action as we know it only works along race lines. There is no affirmative action based on other criteria. Whenever I hear about affirmative action it’s always about race, race, race, …
But why divide things along skin color? There are so many ways to group people, income of parents, whether they are from single parent homes, history of severe illness in family line, … etc. No one seems to care about equal outcomes when it comes to such groupings though.