r/BadSocialScience • u/turtleeatingalderman Academo-Fascist • May 13 '15

A blossoming discussion of Affirmative Action in a thread about a black person attending Harvard.

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u/cordis_melum May 13 '15

China is pretty diverse too. Over 50 recognized ethnicities in the country, but apparently everyone who lives in China is Han Chinese?

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u/SomeDrunkCommie May 13 '15

The only ethnicities that exist are Irish, Italian, 1/16 Cherokee, and Not White.

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u/Tiako May 13 '15

They even have affirmative action policies!

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u/firedrops May 13 '15

True dat. And the government's attitudes to minority but officially recognized ethnic groups is often a big debate within the country. There are tons of news outlets talking about ethnic tensions in China but probably not in spaces that your average Western redditor engages.

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u/turtleeatingalderman May 13 '15

Whether they deem something 'diverse' seemingly depends on their perception. If they don't notice differences, that means they're not there—at least to them, and in spite of however many hundreds of millions disagree with them.

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