Racism without prejudice

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[–]fschmidt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The meaning of "prejudice" has devolved, but originally it just meant to pre-judge. With that definition, your argument may justify prejudice but doesn't exclude it.

[–]Cornfed 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In that case most hiring would necessarily involve prejudice, since the only way to know how good the person would be as and employee would be to try them out for a few months or years.