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> Groups have responsibility.

Only those that have proxies to accountable individuals, as in the example of the corporation, and with its exceptions such as with limited liability. Or an association, which has a board and a charter.

> Consider the opposing argument - groups have no responsibility for anything. Does that seem like a reasonable position?

Apart from formal corporations/associations, that is the reasonable position. In the context of the case, "Asian Americans" have no moral or legal responsibility to give up opportunities to "African Americans".

Westerners are not in castes.




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