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by griffinheart 1953 days ago
I don't disagree with a lot of your above reply, but this part in particular picked my interest, mostly because I don't understand how its not racist.

> They aren't saying "this man is unable to perform this role due to his race" in a racist-against-this-person way, they're putting additional structural checks in place as a preventative measure.

Its not about the intention of the emitter, its about the receiving end of it.

It seems that if we flip this so that the receiving end is part of a minority we would all think this is utterly racist independent of the intention, how is it not?

edit: typo