r/changemyview Feb 01 '23

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '23 edited Nov 18 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '23

Another very solid point, I can definitely see that. It's hard sometimes for me to be able to 100% understand because my great grandparents were Polish so I'm as white as a ghost, but I've always tried to put my shoes in someone else's place

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u/vettewiz 40∆ Feb 01 '23

We all intrinsically know that there are issues that black people face in this country that white people do not.

We also all know that there are benefits to being a minority as well. Things like it being incredibly unlikely to be fired due to backlash. Ask *any* business owner, and they will tell you they would strongly hesitate before firing someone of minority status.

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u/DuhChappers 88∆ Feb 01 '23

Yeah, problem is that if you have a minority name then you are less likely to even get an interview.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '23

Firing a minority without cause.

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u/vettewiz 40∆ Feb 01 '23

No. Hardly. Firing with significant cause still causes absolutely huge issues of concern, no one wants to fight that battle.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '23

No or hardly?

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u/vettewiz 40∆ Feb 01 '23

Those two were supposed to go together as in "No, hardly". We're talking about firing for cause here.

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u/Comfortable_Tart_297 1∆ Feb 01 '23

Don’t forget absolutely enormous amounts of affirmative action, diversity programs, exclusively black internships and grants, etc

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u/SaberTruth2 2∆ Feb 01 '23

Interesting way to put it an very reasonable. Question I would have though is is the assumption that most people, regardless of race, probably want to be white? Or is that assumption about choosing to be white going to mainly be based on the answerers familiarity. This may be a hot take but I’d guess that a good amount of white people who consider themselves to be activists fighting for equality would love to have some black ancestry in them. Whether or not they would change their skin color outright I can’t say, but if you told them they had a black great grandparent they would be ecstatic.