Yes, reparations: "the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged." Most affirmative action policies are a form of reparations.
They do not want equal treatment, they want special favors to make up for the past victimization that they want everyone to assume about them based upon skin color.
And what else do I, I mean, "they" think, oh mighty Kreskin?
First, while dishonest rhetorical games are you M.O., your efforts to make my "they" into some racist reference to blacks in general isn't going to fly. You quoted other people and agreed with them, you and those others you quoted are the only "they" I was referring to. I wouldn't assume that black people all agree with such blatantly racist nonsense that you espouse.
Second, I don't need ESP to know what you mean, I actually have the capacity for logical reasoning, so I can identify the assumptions that are logically inherent in what you say, and the policy-related contexts in which the anti color-blind arguments are typically put forth. It is fortunate that I have such a capacity, so I don't need to rely on you to be honest about admitting to what your agenda is. We go through this exchange in almost every interaction where you say something, I point out the inherent logical assumptions of what you say and then you pretend they I am claiming psychic abilities.
IOW, they are advocating racism
Define please.
I did define it in the same sentence. The bolded part below meets any valid definition of racism and it accurately summarizes the argument you quoted in which people should see and use a person's skin color so they would know their history and identity.
and want people to infer a individual's identity, perspective, and past based upon skin color, they just want the outcome of that racism to benefit rather than harm them.
Are you saying that racism harms black people and now black people want revenge?
Racism harms everyone, and using a person's skin color to draw inferences about them as an individual is racism. Also, I am not referring to what black people think or do, because plenty of black people don't buy the pseudo-intellectual view you are selling. I am referring to people who make the sort of anti-color blind that you quoted. This is the "they" who are seeking to retain and promote racist assumptions based upon skin color as a means to impart the benefits of being labeled a victim.
What color-blind actually means is not assuming things about individual people based upon their skin color, IOW, not being a racist.
A word which you have yet to define but do go on.
I have defined it twice now. You simply fail to grasp the clear logical implications of linguistic expressions, both in what others say and what you say yourself.
The anti color-blind argument is big among proponents of the more blatantly racist forms of affirmative-action,
Reparations AND AA? Go man Go!
No, not "AND" because AA is a form of reparations and the exact same anti-color blind arguments are typically put forth when defending AA policies and the fact that they use skin color as a basis for inference about applicants.
because it serves to justify the fact that such policies treat people differently and unequally based upon skin color rather than relevant attributes of the individual persons.
Racism is a group dynamic that effects people within groups individually and collectively. And pretending you don't see race doesn't solve the problem.
Racism is also a psychological process in which race is used to infer characteristics about individual persons, which is precisely what the argument you quoted is advocating. In fact, such a quote could easily come from a white supremacist, with the only difference being exactly what it is they infer about a black person's history and identity from their skin color.
