# I Pit damuriajashi and DemonTree

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-damuriajashi-and-demontree/928300 "2020-12-18T00:49:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-damuriajashi-and-demontree/928300/166 "2021-03-16T15:27:47Z")

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> [@Normal is the new abnormal -- forbidden adjectives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-is-the-new-abnormal-forbidden-adjectives/937554/263):
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> > [@Normal is the new abnormal -- forbidden adjectives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-is-the-new-abnormal-forbidden-adjectives/937554/253):
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> > No. It’s not like affirmative action, where you’re giving PoCs privileges for historic injustice. In this case you’re giving them just for the colour of their skin.
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> That’s exactly what anti-racism is. If each group isn’t equally represented, they need to be given privileges until they are. It doesn’t matter if it’s due to historic injustice or not, it’s axiomatic that inequity = racism and requires affirmative action to fix.
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> > [@Normal is the new abnormal -- forbidden adjectives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-is-the-new-abnormal-forbidden-adjectives/937554/253):
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> > Alternatively, _by your own logic_ , if it is anti-racist, then it at least “Strongly resembles” racism, anyway.
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> Yes, I agree. It _would_ be racist to allow more latitude for POCs to break the rules, and I’m not proposing any such thing.

🤨 DemonTree? More like DemonStrawman

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