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> They’ll pick Hispanics who answer to “Latinx” but never one that believes that abortion is wrong. They’ll pick Muslims that endorses white American views of gender roles. They’ll pick the Asian that says Asian values are a “model minority myth.”

Is that worse than not picking a single Hispanic, Muslim, or Asian because they are Hispanic, Muslim, and Asian?

The main flaw in your blend of anti-affirmative action argument is that at it's core it's a pro-racism argument, which supports the racist status quo as a default desirable scenario by first going out of your way to reject each and any alternative to the racist status quo.



No, what would be preferable would be a non-racist, objective system where minority groups can have independence and agency. Systems where minorities don’t have to appeal to the tastes of panels of white people in order to advance. Instead of a system of managed racism where white people create carefully curated collections of minorities, like Apple’s goddamn App Store.


I feel like you are putting words in their mouth. They didn't imply anything of this sort. It's a false dichotomy of racist vs ""anti-racist""




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