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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Equality in opportunity is a reasonable and just goal. Equality in outcomes is an unquestionably bad one, and it's why Cathy Newman looked so bad in her interview of Peterson.
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But you need real equality of opportunity.
A child born into poverty does not have the same opportunity that a wealthy child does. Before the kid makes any choices for his or herself they alr say have had fewer words spoken to them, poorer medical care, and been exposed to more food and security risk.
Two people equally qualified walk into a job interview. Implicit bias leads to the white male getting the job for more money.
A white kid gets for smoking marijuana whose parents call a good lawyer doesn't end up with a criminal record whereas the poor kid does.
Or system be it through class, race, or gender discrimination does not provide equality of opportunity.
To argue that non equal outcomes is not at least a partial result of non equal opportunity would take evidence that I do not believe exists.
(The one area where equality of opportunity may exist is in the pay gap (for progressional jobs not at the executive level) as choices while employed is the same field regarding child rearing account for much of that gap though not all of it.)