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I will say that we don't know the qualifications of the black hiree. But having someone *step down* and replacing that person with a black person, solely for the fact that the new person is black, reduces said person to nothing more then the color of their skin - treating them better because of their race - is racist. Because you don't treat them like any other person. You don't have to give anyone special treatment.
It is absolutely a good thing to hire a equally qualified black person over a white person
This relates to my previous point. You should treat black people as PEOPLE, nothing more or less. They don't need your pity or pandering.
Comment by Something22884 at 30/06/2020 at 19:12 UTC
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We do know, he has multiple degrees from Yale. They posted about him. I made a post above, but like I said, it's not like they hired him only because he was black and literally nothing else. As if they would have hired some homeless illiterate black dude with no experience.
Why don't we wait to judge the dude based on his merits? That's what you or I would want if we were in his shoes. As far as I understand it anyways, the white dude voluntarily stepped down to give his spot to a black dude. That was his choice.
Comment by Tylermcd93 at 30/06/2020 at 15:23 UTC
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I agree they don’t need pity. But they do need action to be taken in their favor and this was such an action.