[Steko]

Yes it's racist to hold one race down for centuries and then claim the system is entirely meritocratic.

[tadfisher]

Please be careful with your attribution; the GP presumably does not own slaves and did not prop up Jim Crow.

[kefka]

Good point.

How long does it take for us to rid the sins against blacks by our ancestors?

3 generations? 5 generations? Never?

[Steko]

It has nothing to do with getting rid of sins, it's about counteracting systemic racism, you stop doing it when the need is gone.

[kefka]

At least regarding higher education (where SCOTUS is reviewing), how is it systemic?

It seems to be much more of an economic issue, where family income, local society income, and students' school budgets should be controlled and watched for rather than "black".

It seems to me that saying, "hey you, who live in the ghetto, your school budgets are linked to your poverty. Hope you get the education you deserve" is so much more wrong, as education should be granted to everyone, equally in our public system.