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Dan's avatar

Honestly, when I heard that 70% of the Civil Rights division's staff resigned over the choice to start suing on behalf of white plaintiffs, my immediate reaction was "good riddance". People who think anti-discrimination laws should be selectively enforced on behalf of their favored ethnic groups -- especially if they're in the position to decide which cases to enforce -- are some of the most corrosive elements to the entire project of national integration.

Of course, it may very well be that Trump is simply going to replace them with the exact same kind of person, just with a different set of favored ethnic groups. I really wish it didn't feel like I'm being asked to vote for two parties full of racists who simply disagree on who to target.

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Razib Khan's avatar

fwiw, my kids view themselves as pretty post-racial and find all the haranguing about race really annoying

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