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So we throw up our hands and perpetuate the obviously unjust status quo?


No, you go and fix the social inequalities and trickle that up. You can't trickle down equality by introducing more "positive" inequality


The beauty of capitalism is the process that farms for the most net value extracted from the employees is more favored to win. I'm all for competitor companies hiring based on diversity (aka progressive-approved racism) , it creates market opportunities for the firms I work for.


Perfect, so you have no problem with Microsoft having this policy! Problem solved.


I don't follow the logic that suggests that because I have no personal problem, a problem doesn't exist.


Splendid, we agree. I'm expensively-educated but not particularly talented. Inner-city kids who are smarter than me don't have anything like my opportunities. I have no personal problem, but a problem exists.


Hiring people based on skin color is not equality of opportunity, it is equality of outcome.




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