> a baby born in America white and male is among the luckiest babies in history
Where can I go to get a refund on that deal?
Where can I go to get a refund on that deal?
In any case, anec-data is not useful for argumentation.
More importantly, though, I think we're all dealt a huge hand of cards--many at birth, some later--some beneficial, some deleterious. In a form of social bikeshedding, we tend to concentrate on things like race and gender because they're obvious. It's far from clear, though, that they constitute more than a tiny fraction of the cards that matter. Denouncing someone because of their race, gender, etc., seems pointless and cruel. I prefer to deal with each person as an individual.
This isn't true. Take any intersection and add minority status and you'll see increased poverty, reduced college attendance, increased arrest rate etc. There may be other cards but none so universally an issue as the continued disadvantages faced by POC in the USA. Sure other issues exist, but saying that while people are discussing racism is the equivalent of walking into a San Jose city council meeting and asking "what have YOU done for the city of Hollister today?"
> I prefer to deal with each person as an individual.
As is the only rational way to go about interpersonal interactions. You aren't America, you aren't Every Hiring Manager, you aren't Every Cop.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_U...
I have little doubt that being poor leads to lots of other problems. (Source: was poor growing up, relative to most here) It's a far greater leap to say that being (for example) black is hugely more important than being poor, being ugly, being short, being aspy, being disabled, having mental health issues or parents with mental health issues, etc.
Beyond that, even to the degree that one is a minority, it's not clear that the well-intended actions taken on their behalf are actually even helpful. If you haven't read Sowell's book Cosmic Justice, it's well worth a look on this topic.