How do we feel about weak vs strong differentiated citizenship in the USA? Do our overseas friends have anything like this?

What is that?

Something I'm studying in my political philosophy class. It's the concept that different groups of citizens have different rights. In theory all citizens should have equal rights, but some groups maintain special rights.

Like?

I condemn that

Are there time when it may be useful?

I don’t even know what you’re talking about to be able to comment. I asked above what type of special rights for what type of people are you referring to?

So the obvious example is Native Americans. they don't pay many federal taxes, and they have special access to educational benefits.

It’s not so obvious to people who are maybe not from the USA. I thought they were only given lands and could grow weed and play cards on them.

Where are you from?

Is affirmative action also an example?

I cannot say for personal security reasons. Sorry.

Affirmative action is an example. Though I think it has been walked back in the usa

How about any quotas based on geographic location, skin color, religions, language, ethnicity etc etc

Or whether naturalized citizens can become the president ?

ooh, the prsident one is a great question

Yea - I often think about these things as separate issues

I guess we do have separate types of citizenship.

Never heard t discussed as a philosophy topic regarding ‘ special rights for some citizens’

https://globalsouthstudies.as.virginia.edu/key-concepts/differentiated-citizenship#:~:text=Differentiated%20Citizenship%20is%20defined%20as,and%20Dunn%202013%2C%2089).

Yes- that’s why I was asking you to clarify - cuz I thought it does exist

Kymlicka has done a lot of early work on it.

He is for strong differentiated citizenship.

So in the Middle East. Some countries have laws where a non-Muslim can not hold the highest office. In some they can’t even hold offices past a certain rank threshold

The icky part is that if you want Native Americans to maintain their status, then you must also admit that the Southern boys with their confederate flag is also a protected culture.

So it does exist all over the world

And the religious police must turn a blind eye to the Saudis princes doing blow on hookers asses.

> And the religious police must turn a blind eye to the Saudis princes doing blow on hookers asses.
@Malachi it’s called ‘ prevention of vice and promotion of virtue police’

😂

Sounds like theocracy gone wrong, or very right depending on your level of brainwashing.

It is virtuous for the prince to do so. Don’t you see?

No I don't see.

Yea, no one else does either 😂

I have to walk my dog. If anyone comes up with something let me know.

Ok. I’ll check out the link u sent.

Would wanna know your opinions on this from a philosophical perspective including governance and jurisprudence

I haven’t been introduced to this except for the examples I could think of on my own heh

> The icky part is that if you want Native Americans to maintain their status, then you must also admit that the Southern boys with their confederate flag is also a protected culture.
@Malachi I think in this particular case there is something to be said about whose land was ‘stolen’ (from some perspectives) and if it’s just some retribution.

Sorry I missed this, busy morning.

I don't believe in righting historical wrongs. As those people are not alive today to stand trial.

I don’t believe in it either. I’m describing the reasoning (however flawed) behind it.