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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
I'll leave you with a passing thought... The team I mentor, the team I've worked with for the past 9 years, is an all girls teams. They come from an all girls school, and have as part of their mission statement the desire to promote girls in STEM. It's something I strongly believe in. Is my team and it's school discriminating?
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Yes, it is discrimination by the literal definition. However, in its sociopolitical definition, there is no discrimination because it is benefiting a classically underserved and neglected demographic, without any direct negative effects on other groups of people. This is why I find this quote:
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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
Anytime you exclude a group, you are discriminating.
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so wrong. I understand the literal definition of "discrimination," but using it in this manner ignores the connotation of the word. It ignores the dichotomy between discrimination as an action upon analysis, and discrimination as a form of social attack. Both definitions exist and are socially significant, and therefore both must be acknowledged.
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Originally Posted by gblake
...let's remember that in this thread, we are discussing both ideals and implementations. While those ideals might exist in black and white perfection; in the real world, with very rare exception, they can only be implemented as compromises in shades of gray.
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Spotlighted. This is essentially what I was trying to say above.