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No, inequality is not discrimination

15 June 2020

5:26 PM

15 June 2020

5:26 PM

A problem misdiagnosed is a problem mistreated. 

Many people today assume without question that all inequality is the result of discrimination. But what if it isn’t? If it isn’t, the treatment won’t work. We’ll create a never-ending story: Search for discrimination, treat it. Measure the inequality, it’s still there? We must have missed some of the discrimination! Search again, fix again.

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