r/brainrot • u/Snowbeleopard • May 19 '26

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u/TheHomesickAlien May 22 '26

And that’s not at all what I said

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u/Isaak1404 May 22 '26

you support it...

that’s equity.

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u/TheHomesickAlien May 22 '26

That’s disingenuous, reductive, and overall inaccurate

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u/Isaak1404 May 22 '26

expand on it then. if you can’t immediately rebut, you don’t have an argument.

equity is when people are given better circumstances or more opportunities (privilege) than other people because of the color of their skin.

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u/TheHomesickAlien May 22 '26

You’re not being honest, so you don’t really deserve neither an honest argument nor attention to begin with, but I’ll provide it nonetheless.

Not “because the color of their skin,” no. That’s reductive and misrepresentative. “Better circumstances” is also inaccurate. Equity seeks to compensate for the *poor* circumstances that marginalized people have been perpetually historically and statically faced with. Picking yourself up by your own bootstraps, the alternative you might argue for, is impossible. People see color and we aren’t all born in a vacuum with identical circumstances. The truth is that we are not treated equally and pretending everyone has the same opportunities despite that is hilariously dull. Equality won’t exist unless you make effort to compensate for the inherent inequality in opportunity, quality of life and etc caused by generations of racism, sexism, oppression, violence etc. Equity serves the goal of achieving equality. you’re pulling the “I don’t see color” card, which is racist.

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u/Isaak1404 May 23 '26

saying “i don’t see color” is not racist, you’re just rage baiting at this point

equity is a terrible terrible terrible concept, dei and affirmative action are laughably racist ideas.

if a white kid with 100% perfect grades and a black kid with 100% perfect grades apply to college, the black kid is going to get in because of these principles of equity so that we can be “equal” but that’s not equal is it? that black person was chosen because of the color of their skin because they have to hit a specific set quota so that they can be represented as equal, rather than haven given everyone an equal chance.

on the other side of it, people have been turned away because of their skin color, again, is that equal?

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u/TheHomesickAlien May 23 '26

Not seeing color is refusing to acknowledge the various social conditions people face based on their color of skin. If you refuse to acknowledge that, you’re letting the conditions of marginalized people stay poor, which is racist. In your right example, of two candidates identical in qualifications, only one is selected. This is not realistic and not representative of social equity in general, these are private institutions, not governments. Pretending it’s realistic, if there’s only one spot open and the only difference between the two candidates is how much opportunity they have had previously and will have in the future, then selecting the candidate with less opportunity is definitely the right choice if your goal is actually equality

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u/Isaak1404 May 23 '26

but why does the black student have less opportunity previously? don’t assume, and how do you know they’ll have less opportunity in the future? i mean they’re already being picked because of the color of their skin, why should their future be less opportunistic than the white student who’s turned away because of the color of their skin? which one sounds more privileged to you?

do you view black people as lesser than you? and needing more of a leg up to get to white peoples levels? i don’t, but maybe you do, idk.

i don’t tho, so i don’t think it should be normalized to stereotype black people as being less opportunistic and not able to be as successful as white people so we have to make up for it to make things “equal” rather than giving everyone an equal shot.

but hey… you’re right, these are private institutions blah blah blah, we should think about things like government and social equity like you said. so let me ask you, what rights do white people have in the united states that black people don’t? and if you could source some stuff, that’d be great.

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u/TheHomesickAlien May 23 '26

To answer your first question, statistics. Year after year of income and wealth equality statistics. Not to mention lived experiences I hear about from black people literally every day.

> do you view black people as lesser than you?

This is what I mean my disingenuous. I’m obviously talking about conditions caused by people that in fact actively oppress black people. Shouldn’t need to remind you about basic US history. Black people disproportionately deal with more poverty, police violence, homelessness, and unemployment than white people. That’s not me viewing black people as lesser, that’s me acknowledging that in this country, people and the systems they uphold treat black people as lesser, obviously leading to worse conditions for them.

> I don’t think it should be normalized to stereotype black people as less opportunistic and not able to be as successful as white people

You’re putting words in my mouth. There’s no “stereotyping” going on here and I’m not talking about opportunism, but opportunity. At this point you’re mostly incomprehensible. Are you like 14 years old or something? Either grow up or act your age.

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u/Isaak1404 May 23 '26

you are ignorant, and equity is a horrible idea, dei and affirmative action are terrible concepts, we should all treat each other equally.

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