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by Chris2048 2158 days ago
This would be v tribal thinking. (to generalise) white people are to blame for racism, but whites university applicants are not to blame for racism.

This paradox arises from the nebulous grouping of "white people" to include all whites, past and present, and ignoring any relevant differences or disproportion of blame.

Hence, a white 18 year old somehow inherits crimes of the past committed by white people in the past. That that white person may have entered the country just a few years ago is not taken into account - It is assumed they receive "white privilege" to amount that justifies any magnitude of countermeasure.