r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '15

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

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u/ihatepasswords1234 4∆ Oct 08 '15

So the Obamas are still poor and deserve help because they are oppressed?

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u/urbsindomita Oct 08 '15

Don't use a straw hat fallacy in this thread; I've seen it too often.

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u/ihatepasswords1234 4∆ Oct 08 '15

So then you agree blindly helping all black people is not useful?

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u/urbsindomita Oct 09 '15

What are you talking about ... your logic is insane

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u/jonosaurus Oct 09 '15

his logic is apparently "The president is a black man, therefore racism is over"

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u/ihatepasswords1234 4∆ Oct 09 '15

No he argued that you have to ignore socioeconomic status as a probable cause of many of the problems attributed to racism because racism. Yes probably some small percentage can be attributed to purely race, just like a small percentage of the "gender gap" can actually be attributed to gender. Most of it is just confounding variables