When you say 'Diversity efforts are fine, but we can't sacrifice merit,' you're implying that folks of color are likely less qualified, rather than acknowledging a) your standards of merit are subjective, and b) such efforts identify merit in places it's normally overlooked (1)..
To even imply such efforts would sacrifice merit is to presume the current occupational distribution reflects merit. But that requires believing whites (white men particularly) are inherently superior to others. And only racists (and sexists) could believe that (2)...
Either white folks are inherently superior or the opportunity structure is skewed in our favor: there is no other way to make sense of the current distribution of occupational positions. Obviously, only ignorant racists can believe the first of these to be true...(3)
I wish right-wingers would just admit this is what they believe -- that white people are superior, and men are as well -- rather than dance around it. At least David Duke and Richard Spencer are honest.
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