What view are they trying to counter here? I understand all the words of the post and I agree with the logic but I don't see in what situation this argument is useful. Perhaps I'm lucky not to have been exposed to the people for whom it would be useful...

Edit: I saw some very clear answers to my questions after scrolling down a bit. I think I just didn't understand what the term "systemic" meant here.

[–] drislands 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are people who believe that any kind of fix to counter discrimination is unnecessary, because "well I'm not racist, and I certainly haven't discriminated in X way, so nothing needs to change". They are either unaware or ignoring the reality that the effects of past discrimination don't go away just because the people that did it are gone.

[–] Zeshade 10 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I never thought of it that way even though I'm quite passionate about the topic. Passionate but not well informed it seems...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

"wow you are trying to punish x people for wrongdoings of their parents/grandparents" is the argument it's trying to counter.