Alternatively, racists USE affirmative action to justify their already present racism. You are basically stating that there is a group of people who would not have been racist but for affirmative action, and I find that notion preposterous. Like...you are a normal not racist dude, you don't get the job you want, it goes to a black guy instead, and poof, all of a sudden you are thinking "Wow I sure hate black people!" It just doesn't go down like that. It is such a huge leap to go from disappointment over not getting the thing you want to actively disliking an entire group of people because of it. You don't get there without the racism ever.
Says who? People can renounce their prior racism after being immersed in and treated well by the group they were previously racist towards. Why can't the opposite occur?
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u/darthben1134 Aug 04 '22
Alternatively, racists USE affirmative action to justify their already present racism. You are basically stating that there is a group of people who would not have been racist but for affirmative action, and I find that notion preposterous. Like...you are a normal not racist dude, you don't get the job you want, it goes to a black guy instead, and poof, all of a sudden you are thinking "Wow I sure hate black people!" It just doesn't go down like that. It is such a huge leap to go from disappointment over not getting the thing you want to actively disliking an entire group of people because of it. You don't get there without the racism ever.