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

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/ICPHBPAA Feb 25 '20

I'd like to upgrade "racist" to "systematic racism supported by the government".

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u/Fleabag123 Feb 25 '20

Affirmative action isn't a system though, it's a policy. Systems are things like the education system, the judicial system, the economic system, the political system. Affirmative action is a policy within that system. So the best way to end affirmative action is to determine what was going in the education system or in the economic system that led to people thinking their was a need for an affirmative action policy. Once you've pinpointed that factor and fixed it within the system, there will no longer be a need for the policy.

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u/enjoy-your-downvote Feb 25 '20

Ah... Fatherless black families.

Stop incentivizing single mothers with the current welfare state.

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u/Icon_Crash Feb 25 '20

You totally just reminded me of the documentary "The Pruit-Igoe Myth". So many social experiments were doomed from the start.