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    In a racist society, fair-skinned individuals face no wel... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Selecting for fair-skinned children in a racist society perpetuates social injustice against darker-skinned people without diminishing the wellbeing of the selected children.

    In a racist society, fair-skinned individuals face no wellbeing penalty from being selected.

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    Some have denied that social injustice could result from selecting or editing for particular traits that increase people’s chances at a better life (Savulescu 2001). To the extent that those traits contribute to inequality, the argument goes, it is unlikely that they could promote wellbeing (Savulescu 2001, 424). This claim seems, however, either irrelevant or false (de Melo-Martin 2017). Prospective parents choosing certain traits for their children could do so without realizing that they are a

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