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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When people share stats as evidence of racial preference, either anecdotally or with aggregate data, the response is “stats aren’t everything.” When they, instead, point to softer things like leadership skills, that is dismissed too.

[b]Schools admit to race-based decision making but when someone implies race was a factor in decision making, they are called out as racist.[/b]

Why are people who support affirmative action so unwilling to acknowledge it, and so quick to name call those who do? Living in North Dakota is an advantage too, and calling this out doesn’t mean I have prejudice or ill will towards North Dakotans. But the advantage is still real and we shouldn’t deny it.[/quote]

This is like my federal government job.  [b]You don’t dare imply that the preference is for the agency to hire and/ or promote minorities who aren’t as qualified to show diversity and inclusion  Lest you be called a “racist”. [/b]  [/quote]

Umm, because it is racist.  You assume the person is being selected only because of their race and not because they are also qualified. You also assume if in a certain situation where you were privy to all the facts of everyone that applied knew beyond a shadow of the doubt the person selected did not meet the published requirements, that it could be extended to every situation where you have zero facts.  This would be the same is if I saw one unqualified non-minority get a job because they knew the boss therefore all non-minority that get jobs must be unqualified because it isn’t what you know it’s who you know. Are you just as diligent in checking if all the non-minorities are qualified and go in assuming they only got the job because they know?

When the person mentioned being from ND as an advantage, the subtext is that “and they are qualified”.  If you were as rude to tell someone that they only reason they got in as because they are from ND, not only is it not your business what their stats are and you are speaking from ignorance, but just saying they are from ND doesn’t tell you who they are as a person.  Everyone from ND isn’t interchangeable and someone from ND can also be first generation college student or bring a different perspective to a situation based on other parts of their background.[/quote]

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