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> I've never personally been hurt by them

One caveat I’d carve out is for parents. I have friends who had kids in the San Francisco system. It’s rough every way, but nevertheless, there is a noticeable preference for certain races and attributes. (I say this as someone who would have probably been in one of the “good” groups.)

I don’t think Andreessen is motivated by this because he is a thoroughly selfish creature. But it may be animating his supporters.



> But there is a noticeable preference for certain races and attributes.

It’d be perhaps more interesting to think about it as preferring people with specific backgrounds.


Skin color's not a "specfic background" though. People with myriad of different backgrounds can be white or black or whatever. Skin color and background are at best correlated.


It’s not the same, but it’s a reasonable proxy for that.




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