[insickness]

> I’ve never met anyone who claims racism doesn’t exist.

The anti-affirmative action argument doesn't say that racism doesn't exist. The argument against affirmative action is that society should aim for equal opportunity rather than equal outcome.

[IanDrake]

Affirmative action IS institutional racism in that it codifies advantage to one race over another.

One could argue about the intention of affirmative action, but I don’t think one could argue that it’s not racist, using the dictionary’s definition of racism.

[RasputinsBro]

> One could argue about the intention of affirmative action, but I don’t think one could argue that it’s not racist, using the dictionary’s definition of racism.

As is often the case, the dictionary gives multiple definitions.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/racism

You're using definition number 2, the person you were responding to was maybe using definition number 3.

(Although we get it, your point still stands.)

[IanDrake]

That’s fair, thanks.

What I was trying to say, without saying it, is that rasism is not what the cultural Marxist are trying to sell - “power + privilege”.

[cimmanom]

And those in favor of affirmative action would say that it's a way to support equal opportunity later in the pipeline when earlier stages of the pipeline have failed to do so.