And so the cosmic scales apparently require that this person be discriminated against, not on the basis of anything they’ve done, or have had done for them, but because of the colour of their skin and what wasn’t done to them. Regardless of all other hardships and lack of opportunity they may have experienced their whole life.
I still don’t follow the logic, if you’re claiming there is some to be followed.
> And so the cosmic scales apparently require that this person be discriminated against [...] because of the colour of their skin and what wasn’t done to them.
The scale was already tipped because of race. Is it unfair to try to tip it back? Is there no way at all to reasonably apply pressure?
Even if your answer is that it's unfair, it should be easy for you to understand why some people try.
And if any attempt to adjust the scale counts as "discrimination", then "discrimination" is not necessarily a dirty word.
> not on the basis of anything they’ve done, or have had done for them, [...] Regardless of all other hardships and lack of opportunity they may have experienced their whole life.
Well, if you had a way to measure that, it would help a lot. But if you don't have a way to measure it, I feel like disregarding it is probably reasonable.
"Don't try to fix problem X, because for some people problem X compensates for problem Y" is a pretty bad reason not to try to fix X. (With problem X being racism and problem Y being the other discrimination this white poor person faced.)
I still don’t follow the logic, if you’re claiming there is some to be followed.