I guess if you want to enforce social justice, and only have a few minutes, you need to use proxies like race to speed up the process.
You've got grand scales to balance -- no time to actually learn about the individual.
You've got grand scales to balance -- no time to actually learn about the individual.
This has the advantage that it can easily react to individual people instead of forcibly identifying people with stereotypes about their race. For instance, members of historically privileged groups who are nevertheless very poor can still get help instead of being treated as if they are an aggressor in society. This could cut down on a considerable amount of vitriol and unrest by treating people more fairly.