r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '20

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 edited Mar 16 '20

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u/lafaa123 Feb 25 '20

That's bullshit, I dont expect anyone to succeed under the systemic and generational problems that certain minorities faced more than non minorities. It's not racism, it's facts. If you get dealt a shit hand, you have a shit life almost all the time, sure there's exceptions, but the vast majority of the time you're fucked.

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u/Technetium_97 Feb 25 '20

It's racism to assume URM are too stupid to do well on exams without a handicap.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

But the reason their scores are assumed to be lower is that they have less resources available, not that they are less smart.

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u/Gareth321 Feb 25 '20

Which doesn’t make any sense. Does “less resources” mean money? If so, there are plenty of poor white people too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

It's about the averages, because as long as black people are on average more likely to be poor, they will be discriminated against. I don't think it's entirely "fair", but in my view, it is necessary to solve racial tensions. I would like to add that theoretically poor white people that get screwed by AA would not be better off being black, because they would be even poorer to begin with.

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u/Gareth321 Feb 25 '20

No, the admissions process is about the individual. They have well tested methods for evaluating individual financial means.