I really appreciate this.

You don't have to listen if you're kicked out of the discussion, HOWEVER:

Yes, actually.

ME TOO. I was a little late, but I got to make some noise before walking home.

We are so fucking close.

Planning on dismissing your posts. I don't give ignorant shit a platform, and this has been a waste of time.

Oh my fucking God, the internet was partially created on a government grant, and developed in public universities. It would not exist without public funds. You cannot possibly be this stupid.

I have been looking for a photo of that exact face I am making.

Yeah.

Saying "Where's the line?" after offering me a stupid strawman to contrast your stupid proposal doesn't really advance the conversation, either.

Whether you like it or not, society forms institutions whose entire goal is to exercise power in society. It forms governments, schools, religions, and many many many other institutions. It is absurd to frame this as whether social engineering is wrong. Social engineering is something that is pervasive and would…

I assess on a case by case basis, and if something is reasonable, it's reasonable. A variety of things I have yet to conceive of are going to be reasonable. It's not necessarily useful or substantive to talk about an ethical "line." Again with the dumb cliches. It's like you were a robot raised by Law and Order…

Because people judge other people by how they act. And white entitlement is a pillar of historical racism.

Leaving aside the libertarian free market assumptions that employers owe nothing to society and should be held to no legal standards, I reiterate: PRIVATELY OWNED universities can already do this, and have more latitude than even most businesses because they get judged by private club rules.

I think people are disgusted that, in addition to attacking affirmative action, she's also massively entitled. It's like if the man in your example happened to be an obviously unqualified candidate anyway. It's just extra bullshit

Who says the individual is the most important thing in a society? That's an awfully big assumption to make. I know it's a common one, but it's not one that should go unexamined.

If you say you score each applicant on a 100 point system, your current employees are overwhelmingly men, and so you give female applicants a five point bonus... fuck the guy who sued, and I hope he loses. The employer came up with a system to remediate a problem. There are clear advantages to not having a…

I know this is really hard for a lot of people to understand, but bigotry is about power.

Pro Publica published an investigative report on this. It's true whether you or the Supreme Court are convinced by it.

Several white people with lower GPAs also got in. In addition to her merely good GPA, she had no club membership or community involvement.