• PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip
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    25 days ago

    Can someone explain to me why race was ever considered to begin with? What am I not understanding here?

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      25 days ago

      Because racism exists. Take Redlining for example. A lot of brown kids grew up in underprivileged environments. They were not given the same opportunities to thrive and excel as their white counterparts. This has been studied and a known fact. Colleges try to compensate. It’s an imperfect system, but at least it’s something.