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Comment by xdennis

6 hours ago

> That doesn't show they were purged. There are many reasons their numbers declined.

Fun fact, what you're arguing is actually one of the reasons Charlie was murdered.

He notoriously said that the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. He specifically referred to Title VII which states even a neutral policy can be racism if it produces disparate impact[1] in practice. That is, if a neutral policy results in fewer black people being hired, that's evidence of racism. Charlie disagreed with that.

It's fun to see leftists argue the same when it comes to discrimination against right wing or centrist academics.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_impact

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anon84873628  5 hours ago

Well, a key difference is that race is an intrinsic immutable attribute, and political views aren't.

The paradox of tolerance is real. And more practically, it's impossible to guarantee representation of all viewpoints because there are an infinite number of them.

  • try_the_bass  5 hours ago

    > race is an intrinsic immutable attribute

    Is it?

    Care you define who makes up the "white race"? Or any other overly-broad category that typically gets bandied about as "race"?

    From my perspective, as someone who is flexibly categorized as "white" or "latino", depending on whatever is most convenient for the categorizer, "race" is a remarkable fluid label. Most people can't even agree on what "race" folks of mixed ethnic heritage actually are.

    Race is a social construct. There's nothing intrinsic or immutable about any social construct.

    • anon84873628  4 hours ago

      I think you know perfectly well my meaning in context of the comment thread I was replying to.

      Yes, some people are mixed ethnicity or "white passing". Yes societal views changes ("Italian used to not be considered white"). At the end of the day, most people fall into one of the categories and don't get to change that.

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  • defrost  5 hours ago

    > that race is an intrinsic immutable attribute

    Not to those familiar with the history of the US Census racial classifications, given the number of times the categories shifted and changed it seems more than a little opinionated.