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Old 06-29-2023, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by pink grapefruit [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
i recently re-read how to be an anti-racist and one of the first great points that book makes is about discrimination.

there are negative and positive discriminatory actions, and the example given for positive discrimination is a life-saving vaccine given first to populations most at risk, such as the elderly and infirm, or healthcare workers. affirmative action is an example of a positive discrimatory practice, used to rectify the long-studied and well-understood racial inequities that do exist and are real.
Yea I guess if we want to use whataboutism we can say that hospitals triages based on health risks are a form of positive discrimination too

Whatever helps us feel better about the good kind of racism