POC are disproportionately impacted by poverty, which makes it harder for them in many areas of life. But shouldn't our reaction to this be helping the poor, most of which will be POC, instead of helping POC, of which a minority will be poor?
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I think the same people who would argue for specific help for minorities would support specific help for the disabled. Of course the more specific the “weight”, the harder it is to enact social flotation against it. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try for the more general ones.
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What she’s saying is the biggest issue is that there are people on the ocean floor regardless of cause. Help targeted at those at the lowest level regardless of cause will by necessity help those most affected by multivariate sources of oppression.
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I am clear why racial weights get deprioritised. Racism. Refusing to see it won’t fix the problem.
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Generally people who are particularly concerned about racism are also particularly concerned about ableism and abuse.
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