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    It is not the case that Dworkin's equality of resources framework holds that dignity requires equal concern from institutions, not identical treatment, meaning race-sensitive policies can honor rather than violate dignity.

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    • 1.Individual dignity may require judging people as individuals, not as group members, even if groups face systemic disadvantage.
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    • 2.Race-sensitive policies can harm innocent individuals in advantaged groups and fail to help disadvantaged individuals within targeted groups.
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    • 3.Distinguishing 'equal concern' from 'identical treatment' risks allowing discretionary policies that mask unequal concern in practice.
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    • 1.Equal concern means responding to people's actual circumstances, which differ by race due to historical injustice and ongoing structural barriers.
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    • 2.Race-conscious remedies can restore equal access to resources by counteracting concrete disadvantages, treating similarly situated groups similarly.
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    • 3.Dignity is violated when institutions ignore relevant differences in need and opportunity, not when they acknowledge them to achieve fairness.
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