The court ended one of our most effective social justice policies because anything that isn’t seen to primarily benefit white people is anathema to this country.
I’m not creating a problem by discriminating on race; we’re fixing a problem by discriminating on race.
Discrimination based on race is real and has existed for hundreds of years. Slavery, Jim Crow, reconstruction, red-lining, leaded paint… all of these were targeted by race, not by income. Pretending we can fix the enormous (and on-going) disenfranchisement of Black people by not targeting them is simply naïve.
My goal here is not to break the poverty cycle, though I obviously want less poverty. My goal (and the goal of affirmative action) is to fix the problem of racial wealth and educational inequality. Those are separate problems from poverty that must be targeted for fixing in exactly the same manner they were targeted in creation – by race.
You seem pretty slow, so I’m going to explain this to you one last time:
To fix the problem of racial wealth inequality, we have to fix the problem of racial wealth inequality. You can’t ignore race to fix problems created by racism.
Think about that for awhile before you respond again. Hopefully something will sink in.
I’m not creating a problem by discriminating on race; we’re fixing a problem by discriminating on race.
Discrimination based on race is real and has existed for hundreds of years. Slavery, Jim Crow, reconstruction, red-lining, leaded paint… all of these were targeted by race, not by income. Pretending we can fix the enormous (and on-going) disenfranchisement of Black people by not targeting them is simply naïve.
My goal here is not to break the poverty cycle, though I obviously want less poverty. My goal (and the goal of affirmative action) is to fix the problem of racial wealth and educational inequality. Those are separate problems from poverty that must be targeted for fixing in exactly the same manner they were targeted in creation – by race.
You can’t fix racism with more racism… That’s the worst take yet.
You seem pretty slow, so I’m going to explain this to you one last time:
To fix the problem of racial wealth inequality, we have to fix the problem of racial wealth inequality. You can’t ignore race to fix problems created by racism.
Think about that for awhile before you respond again. Hopefully something will sink in.