• jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’d be interested in reading this bill as descendants of slaves is a wide net. Jewish people were slaves to the Egyptians, Slavs were enslaved by Romans and Spanish Muslims, Irish enslaved by the English. I’m sure just about all Americans have a slave descendent.

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    1 year ago

    You know, this isn’t a bad form of reparations. Public universities are owned by the state so it’s not like you’re forcing private citizens to give anyone anything.

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      1 year ago

      Money taken via taxes is how universities are funded, funneling the money through a university doesn’t change what it is.

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        1 year ago

        And? College admission is not a good one can sell once they receive it. This isn’t comparable to just giving ADOS people money.

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          1 year ago

          A benefit of receiving a state subsidized education certainly has monetary value. If all the people who get in because of that law have to pay out of state tutition costs then your point has validity.