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[-] snowraven@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

It's absurd if that's true. Who would in their right mind believe this solves any racism? If anything it creates more segregation about races. It's the social acceptance that minorities need not economic or education privilege. Sad times.

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The idea was to have races mixed together better and not have people from historically discriminated races get stuck in poverty because of lack of education. So, they tried to make sure there were some of them getting university degrees. It's not completely absurd, but they just started it from the wrong end. They should have made sure the discriminated races who are underprevilleged had more help by helping all poor families, so their kids can focus on school better and it's fair for poor people of the historically oppressive race, too.

[-] snowraven@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

It makes sense, I agree but speaking from personal experience from India where this positive discrimination called reservation exists, just leads to horrible segregation, it flares up every now and then in people. People from high castes always curse the lower ones for not getting their "supposed government job" that they should have gotten. Such measures should be entirely based on economic status and not some birth status. I say this because I know plenty of rich but lower caste people who have terribly exploited this system.

I also agree that in the end, matters relating to such birth statuses are complicated. If only humans could co exist all peacefully but alas.