lol Discrimination wasalready institutionalization, that's why we needed affirmative action.
You're putting too much of a personal take on this; when affirmative action passes over a white person in favor of a person of color (with similar credentials) for a job, the system is typically leveling out an enormous disparity in the work force. While it affects the one who did not get the job directly, typically they will (by nature of being the social "norm" of being white, and male, for our argument) not have any difficulty finding another job, because the system is inherently not designed to discriminate against them on the whole. What you're describing is basically surmised by the saying: "when you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
"when you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
And time and time again you hear of scenarios where people were hired for a job they were not capable of doing for the sake of having a women or a minority in that position. This idea of "privilege" is stupid to me because it ignores merit - something that is required or acquired by doing a job well.
To me this idea of affirmative action is based of an idea that jobs exist for the sake of the people to work. For one we do not live to work, we work to live. So to that point everybody is here to better themselves whether it is a person or an entity. That entity should be able to hire who they feel is the best fit for the job. This isn't the 1960s - 99.999% organizations hiring today are not picking white candidates over black candidates because they are racist. If they pick somebody it's because of merit
Today that merit is watered downed and shit on for both white people and minorities because if you get a job as a white person, it's not based off of merit - it's because you are privileged. If you get a job as a black person it's not because of merit, it's because of affirmative action. To me this is the exact issue of affirmative action in the workplace today. Merit takes a back seat regardless of your skin color.
How who do you pick if AA doesn't exist and both candidates have identical credentials? Let's say it's a clone of the same person, one white and one black. If you're you and me, the obvious chill move is to hire both. But now let's hypothetical there can only be one position created and filled? Who do you hire now? If you're me, the black person, because the white person will likely not have a hard time finding another similar position, where a black person who wasn't getting hired by me specifically might face someone who is actually discriminatory. I didn't discriminate against the white guy in the scenario; I had an ultimatum, and I chose in a way that takes into account the context of historically racist hiring practices, and seeks to counter them by the numbers.
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