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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

True. I'm so used to hearing "equity" everywhere now and it does usually make sense but not for acting.

It makes sense for most political issues like talking about red-lining etc but I chose an example specifically where it doesn't make sense lol ...

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It doesnt make sense to me anywhere. It's just racism disguised in woke speak.

To clarify. I

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In certain cases the system fucked over blacks so badly it ripples through generations but to be clear I do think the best solutions are universal.

The performatively woke crowd wants to support poor blacks because they are black and that's fake leftism. The reason I would temporarily go along with those policies is because their community is so outrageously set back by historical institutional racism. It's basically solving a real problem for the wrong reason.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It doesnt solve anything. The solution is long term fixing of the community. Not instant gratification. This isnt a negation of the wrongs brought onto blacks in this country. The solution to racism is never, ever, more racism.