[abeyer]

> I'd imagine several things could be used as this proxy to varying degrees, everything from income to criminal history

But I think you could also make a compelling argument that many of those things are accurate proxies primarily due to the legacy of more overt discrimination, and it would be difficult to impossible to disentangle that.

[flukus]

I would make that argument, but I'd also argue that modern companies shouldn't factor in past injustices, things would get too messy too quickly.

[abeyer]

Life is messy. I think there's a fine line, but still a difference, between factoring in past injustices and factoring in current negative conditions that resulted from past injustices. Throwing your hands up and saying "it's too hard" seems a bit of a cop out for the latter.