Affirmative Action has now ended in the United States.

  • mint@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    first of all, white women have benefited from affirmative action more than any other group. are your female white friends experiencing that same imposter syndrome and distrust? did you even know that that was the case? did they? most POC snap back at the white people that question their credentials, not take our hurt feelings out on one of the most effective social justice policies in American history.

    second of all, as an actual person of color who was one of 5 POC out of 478 people to get their masters degree in my program, i’d love to learn more about how AA caused more of the problem it’s meant to address. hard to get imposter syndrome when you’re still too disadvantaged to get actual opportunities, lmfao.

    also I’m not gonna lie, you saying “blacks” makes me highly doubt you have friends of color regardless. if you do I’m surprised they haven’t told you that using that as a term is uh. I’m gonna go with “eyebrow-raising”

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      1 year ago

      white women have benefited from affirmative action more than any other group.

      yeah, but lets be honest, they really shouldn’t be

      which is another part of why it isn’t useful

      you doubting the “color” of my friends means nothing, it’s an example and certainly the most prominent one historically used in regards to research and implementation of affirmative action, at least historically

      If that offends you, that’s very much a you problem

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        1 year ago

        so just to be clear, you’re going to ignore every other part of my very long and detailed comment to tell me that I’m just “offended”? that’s the level of “good faith” that’s going to be applied in this convo? just wanna make sure