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0xDEAFBEAD • yesterday at 4:03 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Progressive thinkers like Ibram X. Kendi believe every single policy issue must be evaluated on the basis of whether it happens to impact different races differently. Essentially turning the state into a gigantic social engineering project.

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-racial-crossroads/


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datsci_est_2015 • yesterday at 4:11 PM

And the alternative for you is to just ignore that any law (or government action) has any different impact on race at all? Why are we arguing at the extremes? What alternative history must one subscribe to in order to believe that ignoring disparate impact won’t end in humans rights abuses? Have you even heard about something like how nuclear testing and proliferation disproportionately impacted the Navajo nation especially because they had absolutely no recourse against it? Are we just supposed to say “tough luck”? “Might makes right?” “Should’ve gotten a better lawyer?”

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InsideOutSanta • yesterday at 5:09 PM

> turning the state into a gigantic social engineering project

What do you think the state is but a gigantic social engineering project?