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Government presumption of racial disadvantage

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/12/18/minority-business-programs-racial-disadvantage/

    ... The categories of disadvantaged minorities were drawn up in the early 1970s with little research or debate — and sometimes based on naked politics — creating a patchwork in which some programs presume a minority group to be disadvantaged while others do not.
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> There was “never really a logic to it,” said John Skrentny, a sociology professor at the University of California at San Diego who has researched the origins of the federal government’s presumptions. “It’s a lot of important policy built on a house of cards.”
    ...

    Makes sense to revisit the criteria for what constitute "disadvantaged" every now and then.

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    • MikM Offline
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      Good luck revisiting that in this climate.

      "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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        It’s a good time to challenge it and get it tossed out for good.

        Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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        • CopperC Offline
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          Everyone just knows who is disadvantaged. There is no need for research and debate.

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            Cant read it. What are the categories?

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