The Problem of Surplus White Men
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Surplus implies quota, so I'm left wondering what's the 'correct' amount of this immutable characteristic?
You wonder how many of that most oppressive of groups, the white man, would make their way into the 10%, or if the entire class would be declared redundant...
How did I know it'd be you answering that particular rhetorical question? It also ignores the 'white' part in white men so significantly lower than that but we all know your focus. All immutable characteristic quotas are bad, no exceptions. It's why I specified the implied quota.
Suprlus implies too many in relative terms before your reduction to 10% in total. So we need that number first.