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Breaking: Supreme Court Shoots Down Affirmative Action. (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago by African_Grey@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Affirmative Action has now ended in the United States.

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[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Saying “oh we’ll let some blacks in” isn’t a helpful solution

uh ...come again?

[–] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was an example mean to illustrate the flippancy of the implementation, it applies to all affirmative action targets

Edit: and to answer your comment about calling blacks black, even though i certainly don't have to answer, it's because that's what my black friends told me to call them, and not use african american. So back the fuck off that one maybe?

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

my point is more where are you hanging out that it's routine to refer to black people as "blacks" like this, and it's a little concerning you didn't pick up on that point