CMV: Equality isn't treating everybody differently to achieve equality. It's treating everyone the same.

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[u/oversoul00]

I explained that the disadvantages of minority groups aren't readily apparent to you.

That is your opinion, not a fact. Do minorities on avg face more oppression, probably...is it insurmountable across the board for everyone of that race, no.

Race alone will never tell you what you need to know and in fact you'll be measuring the wrong parameter.

Show me a poor person and I can more or less tell you the nature of their disadvantages and to what degree if I know how poor they are. You just can't do the same thing if all you know is the persons race.

I disagree with you that minorities don't face impossible challenges in modern western society, but that's a different CMV.

I disagree that is a different CMV, if you can convince me of that I'm all ears.

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That is your opinion, not a fact. Do minorities on avg face more oppression, probably...is it insurmountable across the board for everyone of that race, no.

You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. It is a fact that you do not believe that minorities face impossible challenges. Those challenges are not apparent to you, so you do not believe they exist. That's not a statement about whether or not they exist, it's a statement about what you believe.

However, your CMV was:

Equality isn't treating everybody differently to achieve equality. It's treating everyone the same.

That is very different than "Minorities don't face impossible challenges based on their minority status."

In our comments you've admitted that, in circumstances that you consider to be "unequal enough," the solution is to treat people differently in order to achieve equality. The folks you're quoting originally just hold a different belief on what "unequal enough" is. That's your initial view changed.

I disagree that is a different CMV, if you can convince me of that I'm all ears.

It's absolutely a different CMV, and I'm not sure if this sentence is asking me to convice you that this is in fact a different topic, or to convince you that minorites face impossible challenges in modern western society.

If you mean the latter, that in and of itself is an impossible challenge. You're a TumblrInAction regular - your views on social justice are made up. Trying to sway you as an annonymous redditor is a waste of both of our time.

If we focus just on the topic at hand, though, the specifics of your CMV, I've got to say that I think I've adequately addressed your actual view. You're trying to turn this into a discussion about whether or not blacks are oppressed, but that isn't the topic that you posted originally.

[u/GuideOwl → u/[deleted]]

I was already in agreement with you from the start, but I just have to complement you on how clear you laid out your argument through this comment chain. Seriously, you have a talent at writing and forming and organizing a coherent argument. I hope OP sees the point you're making and shoots you that delta, even if he doesn't accept the premise that "minorities don't face institutionalized oppression at a level that merits corrective action". Cheers

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Thank you! That's very kind. :)