Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by bandrami on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:11PM
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Don't really care that it's insensitive, nor about the travails of your grandparents
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by skulk on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:01PM
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I can't imagine how you've managed to have such an abysmal take on this. Pointing out facts about oppression is ... insensitive? Are you trying to erase history because it makes you feel uncomfortable? No one cares about your anecdote.
The fact that you see attempts to right a horrific, multi-century wrong committed against an entire race of people as a personal slight against you says a lot about how you see the world.
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by HWR_14 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:07PM
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If your grandparents achieved a middle-class life in 1950's America, they owned a home. That home is a form of intergenerational wealth. If they are still alive, your parents or you or another relative will likely get a windfall someday of probably six-figures.
Which means that windfall will at the least double the average retirement savings of a median millennial or GenX person.
Can't you recognize that statements like this are propagating the same insensitivity you are intending to correct?
My grandparents were white. They were Argentine and moved to Las Vegas in the 1950s to clean toilets in hotel rooms (And did so for 40 years) so they could raise a family in something resembling a middle class lifestyle. You can't throw a stone very far in the USA and not hear the same or a similar story, at least in my experience. Someone moved here starting with nothing, worked hard, and was able to dramatically increase their standing in life. Integenerational wealth is not common, in fact it is exceedingly rare.