Just days later, McElroy’s tenure offer unraveled after the university buckled under backlash from Texas Scorecard, a conservative website, and an unspecified group of individuals close to the university who opposed her previous diversity initiatives. A new state law will limit that and the discussion of race and inclusion on college campuses next year.

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    Wouldn’t directly working to address the outcomes of racism as a whole be better than trying to make it about something else and trying to focus on the exceptions?

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      I mean the real solution here (putting some real fucking consequences on racist people in power) simply isn’t going to happen in our lifetime so as much as I can see the flaws in AA, it isn’t the worst equaliser either.

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      I’m not sure. I feel like it could address the outcomes of said historic racism without having rules codified by race. I admit this would benefit kids of other races that are poor through factors other than racism. Economic AA would also benefit another marginalized group, Native Americans, although I will admit that I’m ignorant to what extent AA had already benefited Native Americans.