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Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by oytis on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:29AM (#38304897)
> If you think through the implications of this, it's a requirement to engage in discrimination/affirmative action in every single business decision you make

What if you make a decision solely on the number of households, not their income? That wouldn't require taking race into consideration at all.

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Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by appleskeptic on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:32AM (#38304941)
Then if it turns out that the area with the most households is white and the area with fewer is black, you could be held liable.
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