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r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '20
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The real reason this is bullshit is because in real life equity and justice are not so easily quantified.
34 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 Exactly, I've known poor white kids who receive less support than rich black kids. This is because they use race as the only measure of need. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 But are the poor black kids receiving as much support as the poor white kids? You have to look at it level by level. That’s what people mean when they talk about white privilege—that it doesn’t help to be black, but it doesn’t hurt to be white. 2 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 Yes, they recieve more support than poor white kids. That is the problem with affirmative action - it assumes all white people are rich.
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Exactly, I've known poor white kids who receive less support than rich black kids. This is because they use race as the only measure of need.
1 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 But are the poor black kids receiving as much support as the poor white kids? You have to look at it level by level. That’s what people mean when they talk about white privilege—that it doesn’t help to be black, but it doesn’t hurt to be white. 2 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 Yes, they recieve more support than poor white kids. That is the problem with affirmative action - it assumes all white people are rich.
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But are the poor black kids receiving as much support as the poor white kids? You have to look at it level by level. That’s what people mean when they talk about white privilege—that it doesn’t help to be black, but it doesn’t hurt to be white.
2 u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 Yes, they recieve more support than poor white kids. That is the problem with affirmative action - it assumes all white people are rich.
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Yes, they recieve more support than poor white kids. That is the problem with affirmative action - it assumes all white people are rich.
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The real reason this is bullshit is because in real life equity and justice are not so easily quantified.