Well its not...not always. Sometimes race can be a much stronger/reliable basis, such is the case with Osteoporosis or certain genetic diseases.
I look at it like this. “Race-thinking” (Arendt’s term) leads to, by necessity, a hierarchy of races. The belief that the species can be subdivided into races is the foundation, the ideology, upon which racism is founded. — NOS4A2
Riiiiiiiiight ... Ok, Shrek. :up:
— 180 Proof
Great! I'm so glad that you finally see the error in your logic, Donkey. — Harry Hindu
it's a claim about a group of individuals, but you cannot apply it to all members of the group without generalizing, which is where i think there's room for error. — VagabondSpectre
The enduring problem i can get past is that trying to understand individuals as a function of their race or other identity leads to a lower-resolution understanding of any given individual (that is to say: to understand the individual, we must look most closely at the individual). When it comes to those who bear guilt, the same statistics based heuristic becomes rhetorically problematic.
Judging people according to their character and not their race does not involve not talking about racism. It is simply to refuse being racist, in my mind. — NOS4A2
Logic. Your skin color only matters in biological/medical contexts (except between group vs within group variability when classifying by sociological race doesn't vindicate them as biologically relevant categories), and should not not matter in political/judiciary contexts (fiat equality vs equality of opportunity & systemic discrimination aside).
— Harry Hindu
This is the typical "squeaky wheel gets the grease" political tactics where the loudest groups get the special treatment, while the silent majority gets their rights trampled on.
— Harry Hindu
Why did those bloody abos get an apology when I didn't.. — fdrake
Every time an employer hires a person because they are black. I'm a current participant in the job market.Have your rights been trampled on? — frank
After reading this part, did you laugh out loud as if I had a chance in hell to launch an investigation into the corporation because they're showing preference to minorities, because society would laugh at me. Where would my white privilege be in this instance?How does one prove that racism occurred? Do I launch an investigation into the corporation because they're showing preference to minorities? — Harry Hindu
Why are you quoting my posts and then editing them without any notification that you edited them (trolling), instead of answering a simple question I asked? — Harry Hindu
So instead of answering the question to define your own use of terms, you swing at me with this off-topic crap?Why did you pretend to be a trans person in another thread you tried this crap in? — fdrake
Have your rights been trampled on?
— frank
Every time an employer hires a person because they are black. — Harry Hindu
What do you mean, "It's marketing"? What are they marketing and to whom?Lots of companies have voluntarily adopted diversity quotas. It's marketing. Get a lawyer and challenge the practice if you feel trampled by it. — frank
What do you mean, "It's marketing"? What are they marketing and to whom? — Harry Hindu
Why would you need to declare that you are treating people fairly? Why is it called a diversity quota rather than a fairness doctrine? — Harry Hindu
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