Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
Are there angles you can shoot as a black person? Yeah... But I think you have a seriously delusional idea of what it is like to be non-white. Further the hypothetical was sort of rigged in favour of your argument in that people don't get to chose their background and disproportionately the average black person is going to be born into less preferable circumstances.

Also you seem to be playing both sides here which makes me confused as to whether you support the policies meant to even the playing field. You say you'd chose black because government policy and cultural (awareness of white privilege?) give black people a leg up. So are you saying these things are good, or are you under the impression that without them it would still be preferable to be black (given the circumstances you specified), or even that it would be a wash with being white? I guess what I'm saying is that in summary you seem to be arguing that there was an over correction (because you certainly don't deny there was a problem), yet you prescription is an elimination of all policies enacted to even the playing fields.
The effects of special treatment end up not being a net "leg up", partly because the costs aren't associated proportionately. My hypothetical was focused on the micro while policy is macro.

Another way of putting it is this: would I take special treatment if offered to me? Yes. Would it help me? Not necessarily to no.