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0 pointsepolanski2y ago0 comments

Yeah, seems racist, why do it?

Never understood the fixation in US of breaking every stat by ethnicity or skin color.

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whimsicalism2y ago· 2 in thread

Because to identify discrimination, you need to measure it.

Without taking these stats, the Jim Crow South suddenly looks like an even-handed application of voting tests.

e: I will say, the number of comments I get from European commentators favoring the “putting your hands in front of your eyes” approach when it comes to racism in Europe does make it completely unsurprising how non-diverse their C-suite is as well as why they have difficulty attracting high-skilled immigrant talent.

epolanskiOP2y ago

Delusional arguments.

Out of the richest 1000 Americans how many are blacks? 1? 2?

And what's the % like in prisons?

Wasn't Oprah the only black billionaire in US like for a decade?

US attracts talents because there's much more money in US than elsewhere and the political and bureaucratic environment favors entrepreneurship.

Please quit lecturing people around the world bantering a moral ground you don't have.

hot_gril2y ago

> US attracts talents because there's much more money in US than elsewhere and the political and bureaucratic environment favors entrepreneurship.

I agree. The attitude towards immigrants doesn't seem to affect how well they do anyway. The opportunities matter much more than anything else.

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hot_gril2y ago· 2 in thread

We Americans do it for "reverse discrimination," and yes it's racist.

whimsicalism2y ago

Yeah I am sure there is no lingering racism in countries that were literally running colonial societies in Africa within living memory.

My dad grew up in a European country with colonies in Africa, with state sponsored racism against africans, but yeah it’s all reverse now.

hot_gril2y ago

I didn't say there isn't racism in Europe. In fact, I think Europe is more racist than the US.

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