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Nothing in my post mentioned reparations, nor did it imply that all efforts are equal or even valid.

The foolish idea is that you can't do anything about racism because it'd require helping some people while not helping others.

Which is a bit like thinking you can't feed the hungry because you're not giving food to the obese.



You can do a lot about racism from education to fairness laws but the one thing you can't do is use racism to stop racism. That's my core message.

That's my point. Why not give food to all? You just want to give food to who you think is hungry based on great grandparents being hungry. Everyone should eat even the obese.


The entire issue is that, despite the law, some people refuse to feed everyone. And not a small handful of people, but a sizable enough population that their actions mean millions aren't fed.

That's my point.

Your "solution" only works if racism is eliminated. It is not eliminated, despite eduction and fairness laws.

So we can either chose to feed the hungry or let them starve in the name of a false, ignorant, and naive position of neutrality.




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