• Gigan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The most egregious example of institutional racism is finally undone.

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      1 year ago

      In a country built by slave labor this is the most egregious example of institutionalize racism? Not the slavery? Or the time we took Japanese people and put them in camps?

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      I’d argue the whole “you can’t enslave black people unless you accuse them of a crime first” is much more eggregious but go off I guess.

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        “But this one affected ‘Asians’! Oh, and white people, but that’s totally not what we’re focusing on.” - these people

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          I don’t think the people celebrating this understand what might end up happening. Colleges still value diversity, as do many corporations. I was reading earlier that admissions may become more subjective to still achieve a diverse student body and workforce.

          If colleges still ensure diversity remains, and more students of Asian heritage are accepted because of affirmative action being gone – what group has to shrink? It’s very well possible that by removing affirmative action, most colleges will admit fewer white students. I remember reading that the demographic who benefited most from affirmative action was actually white women, not a racial minority.

          I suspect within the next 5 years we might see conservatives push a form of affirmative action to “preserve the country’s heritage”.