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A comment on Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of legacy status in admissions. Parent comment

Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by kelnos on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:46PM (#36793921)
> The proponents of affirmative action are guilty of the very thing they say they're against: racism.

I think you don't actually know what "racism" is.

AA is definitely a form of discrimination based on race. But that's not the same as racism. And I suggest you might want to engage in some introspection and think about why you've decided to go for the "shock value" in phrasing things how you have.

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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by wpietri on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @07:04PM (#36794747)
Exactly. To me racism, like capitalism, is a societal system. As a white person in the US, people can be biased against me, but I don't think they can be racist to me. Except perhaps when they call me a "race traitor" for talking honestly about these topics.
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