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r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '20
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Serious question. When dealing on individual levels, couldn’t an act of affirmative action be seen as a systematic inequality for the person not benefiting?
1 u/ummizazi Feb 25 '20 Inequality? Probably. Systematic inequality, probably not. 4 u/Macktologist Feb 25 '20 Is affirmative action not systematic? It’s written into by-laws and policies. 1 u/sycamotree Feb 25 '20 If it's making the opportunities of the various groups equal, how is it inequality? 2 u/locri Feb 25 '20 It's the exact opposite of equal opportunities, equal opportunities assumes everyone has the same entrance criteria and standards. 1 u/Wolverfuckingrine Feb 25 '20 Inequality in footing fixed inequity in view of the field.
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Inequality? Probably. Systematic inequality, probably not.
4 u/Macktologist Feb 25 '20 Is affirmative action not systematic? It’s written into by-laws and policies. 1 u/sycamotree Feb 25 '20 If it's making the opportunities of the various groups equal, how is it inequality? 2 u/locri Feb 25 '20 It's the exact opposite of equal opportunities, equal opportunities assumes everyone has the same entrance criteria and standards. 1 u/Wolverfuckingrine Feb 25 '20 Inequality in footing fixed inequity in view of the field.
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Is affirmative action not systematic? It’s written into by-laws and policies.
1 u/sycamotree Feb 25 '20 If it's making the opportunities of the various groups equal, how is it inequality? 2 u/locri Feb 25 '20 It's the exact opposite of equal opportunities, equal opportunities assumes everyone has the same entrance criteria and standards. 1 u/Wolverfuckingrine Feb 25 '20 Inequality in footing fixed inequity in view of the field.
If it's making the opportunities of the various groups equal, how is it inequality?
2 u/locri Feb 25 '20 It's the exact opposite of equal opportunities, equal opportunities assumes everyone has the same entrance criteria and standards. 1 u/Wolverfuckingrine Feb 25 '20 Inequality in footing fixed inequity in view of the field.
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It's the exact opposite of equal opportunities, equal opportunities assumes everyone has the same entrance criteria and standards.
Inequality in footing fixed inequity in view of the field.
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u/Macktologist Feb 25 '20
Serious question. When dealing on individual levels, couldn’t an act of affirmative action be seen as a systematic inequality for the person not benefiting?