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This comment ten years ago would be agreed to by almost everyone in the United States. Not anymore; it is now fashionable to be racist against Whites. No more!
This comment has never been agreed upon by almost everyone in the US. The difference now is that we want to take action to try to even the playing field against the majority of those who didn't agree with the statement then or now.
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So that's your counter? Nothing against the actual merit of the statement? White people don't naturally assume they have their positions on merit? How many whites actually think, "Maybe I shouldn't have this position because of the advantage I've been given being white"? Seriously. How often do white males seriously ponder this?
Are they in that position because they are white, or are they in that position because they were born in privileged families? My country has had predominantly white, male Prime Ministers. What's even more remarkable is that every single one of them over the past 20 years went to highly exclusive private schools. The sort of private school that costs more than a good portion of adults earn, i.e $40k per annum. When yo…
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Honestly there is not right angle to race. Saying "black people cant be at the board of companies" is just as wrong as saying "some black people have to belong to it". That being said, when only white people are at the board of companies without that being a calculated strategy, there is also a problem. If only white people come out on top where - allegedly - the smartest people belong, wouldn’t it be the place of th…
The problem is that the only real solution is a lot more extreme. I think once women are pregnant they go into managed care and babies are immediately taken at birth into academies (with no knowledge of parents) until adulthood. But that will never happen. Unfortunately short of that we’re likely to never have real equality.
I hope you’ll never be in any position of power to realize this “solution”.
Today, I honestly feel sad to see the decrepitude of this once beautiful lady we were in love with. She does not inspire me anymore. Sad.
What is not a white male? Will this be a self declared sort of thing?
Except for Native Americans, where active tribal affiliation is sometimes required, racial/ethnic identity in the US is generally purely self-identification, despite having legal significance for various purpose (e.g., government contracting and minority-owned business incentives/requirements.)
Genuinely curious how women would feel if they were given a job not based purely on merit and credentials, but their gender. Isn’t that a slap in the face? Like, “yea there were other much more qualified candidates, but we just have to fill this quota.” That’s what would be nagging me in the back of my mind if I was a women.
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what you are saying is that women and people of color are not capable of competing on merit? they have to be installed by decree? i am insulted.
It's not that they're incapable of competing on merit; it's that the established institutions are unwilling to recognize based on merit, and a coercive outside force is required to counterbalance the entrenched racism & sexism until we're at a point where society can function on a truly meritocratic basis on its own.
Let’s say a 10 person board is populated with 9 white male board members. They need to appoint the 10th board member. It can’t be a white male? So, for this specific role, they must make a hiring decision based upon the individual’s membership in a class, such as sex, race or color. That seems to violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
I mean, the law is unconstitutional. Racial quotas are not legal. And this will get struck down by courts. Democrats literally just don't care.
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Are they in that position because they are white, or are they in that position because they were born in privileged families? My country has had predominantly white, male Prime Ministers. What's even more remarkable is that every single one of them over the past 20 years went to highly exclusive private schools. The sort of private school that costs more than a good portion of adults earn, i.e $40k per annum. When yo…
larry went to a public high school, as did sergey. neither family was wealthy.