i remember talking to an ethnically korean girl (adopted by white parents) and asked her whether or not she thought it was fair that she got an additional break on her tuition (private music conservatory) just because of her ethnicity, in spite of what those things were supposed to address. she said "of course" and it was like getting hit in the head with a fucking brick. none of this is being borne out of a sense of fairness, none of it has the teleology of eventually not having to be necessary and going away. it's just free money for not being white. it's always been that. it's always going to be that. in a classic saul alinsky fashion, the same criticism that's being leveraged against any white man "benefitting from white supremacy," it doesn't make sense evaluating and criticizing a system that unfairly benefits you.
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