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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
But, assuming you are giving preference to someone who is a minority, do you give it to all minorities, even ones who are privileged in other ways?
Yeah, you're right, almost every law firm in America probably finds room for the governor's kid, regardless.
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Let's start by challenging the assumption you are talking about a minority. If you go back to look at your fact pattern, you didn't say anything that expressly identified your other candidate as someone who had to work their way up. Wouldn't that just as easily be the case for a kid from a portuguese fishing family in Fall River or a kid from Southie?
The fact that someone has white skin gives them an edge, no doubt about it. But if we're talking about breaking the link between signifier and signified, don't you have to go all the way down to Level One?
I'm acknowledging that giving a minority kid has a benefit to society overall, in the sense that it will change the balance by a few basis points. But what if the black kid or the south asian kid lives in Swankytown and the white kid is this century's Horatio Alger? (I know I'm switching up somewhat here, but I really want to drill down on the very first choice you make, because it ripples through everything that happens after.
