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Originally Posted by TooCuriousso1
So basically his point is;
Because white people on average grow up with more access to things like money, family support, etc. they have a higher chance to succeed at poker. They will on average be more likely to have friends groups who are more likely to have knowledge about training tools/solvers etc. They will on average have less life stresses than the average minority has and in turn this will increase their chances at becoming better poker players.
Etc etc
But that's the jist right?
I'm not implying I disagree completely, some of that is probably marginally true in a broad sense. I know there's still repercussions of the past. But I also think the vast majority of people today are doing their best at giving everyone a fair shot regardless of race.
It sounds like you actually do get it, but just not totally ready to accept the premise. Why are you equivocating so much? It isn't "marginally true in a broad sense", it is simply true. If you can get to that point and recognize that *on average* that is true, then it becomes easy to accept that Prahlad's attempt at "affirmative poker action" is a reasonable approach towards this problem.
Your statement that most people "are doing their best at giving everyone a fair shot regardless of race" is exactly how systemic racism works. It isn't overt racism where a hiring manager says "I won't work with those blacks", its obfuscated by the idea of a meritocracy in an unfair fight.
I'll give you an example that I wouldn't have known about or understood two years ago - I live in a wealthy part of my city, in one of the best school districts. My daughter just finished kindergarten and I got to learn all about how public schools work. See at my daughter's school, the PTA raises $500k a year from the parents and community around the school. That money goes directly to the school, it has nothing to do with federal, state, or district funding. Every classroom has brand new ipads, tons of books, art supplies, etc. The teachers are happier because they get things provided by the PTA that other schools may not be able to provide, so they on average get better quality teachers who want to work in a better environment. And yes the school is predominately white.
So my daughter has advantages starting in kindergarten that kids going to public schools in poorer areas simply don't have, and that effect is going to be magnified over the years to come. When she eventually graduates it will be a near certainty that she will go to college, because her peers are all doing that, their parents all did that, it is the norm. When she finishes college and goes to apply for a job a well meaning hiring manager will see her resume, will meet her and recognize her as an educated, capable person, and he will be absolutely sure that she is more deserving of the job than many people that might apply but didn't have so many advantages growing up. It's my job to teach her why that is, how that works, and to be grateful for what she has.