> Affirmative action is not when you fire someone to make way for a privileged class.
What's the difference? In one case the less-privileged person had a job for a while and made some money, in the other case they never got a job in the first place.
Actively firing a qualified employee because of bigotry versus never hiring a qualified employee because of bigotry? They're both terrible, but that poster was just clarifying the terminology.
What's the difference? In one case the less-privileged person had a job for a while and made some money, in the other case they never got a job in the first place.