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You're describing what you think should be; rayiner is describing what is. The two often have rather less correlation or causation than you might like. Sarcasm certainly has very little power to change what is.

Personally, call me an engineer, but step one is always identify the problem. If you think this is a modern-day form of segregation, you need to let yourself admit it is happening, and thereby identify the problem. Getting angry at people pointing it out and refusing to believe it is merely a way of guaranteeing you'll have no impact. Skipping over step one does not make problems go away.

(Or you could prove rayiner wrong. I suspect that's not really a feasible road here. Social policies are inevitably clumsy things aimed at thousands or millions; motivated individuals can often dodge around them quite well, and in this case, they are quite motivated.)




> You're describing what you think should be; rayiner is describing what is.

Certainly you can see the problem with then cementing in law or policy what is just because it is.

> step one is always identify the problem

Step two is not write policy so there no longer is a problem.




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