The less you have in common, the bigger the potential for a recipe of disaster

Mates are also selected on genetic similarity

Generally

because i want the state to select citizens who will be a good fit in my society, and looking at one's ancestry is an extremely effective way of determining that

Do you mean why shouldn't we discriminate based on immutable characteristics? @Death in June

No it really isn't

It really is

okay

We shouldn't stop someone from immigrating into the nation based on factors beyond their control

does that part actually matter to you though

like if you accepted it was an effective way of determining that

would you change your stance

or is this not relevant to the point

No i wouldn't

I simply don't believe it is fair for us to stop someone from immigrating based on their ancestry which they had no control over

do you think it would be okay to, in the immigration process, discriminate against people who have antisocial personality disorder?

Yes

To an extent though

Should we discriminate by intelligence?

is antisocial personality disorder not an immutable trait

Is gender not an immutable trait

It's an immutable trait that has more of an effect

oh okay

so how effective a trait is in determining how well someone integrates into our society does matter

even if it is immutable

We shouldn't discriminate based on immutable traits unless that immutable trait has a significant effect on the person

I don't believe race does

this seems different from what you've said earlier

Inb4 race is just skin colour

It pretty much is

Lol

Okay

Race doesn't have any serious effect on anyone's life

You're arguing with a believer

I simply don't believe that we should discriminate based on a characteristic that has next to no effect on someone and that they had no control over

If a private citizen wanted to discriminate based on those grounds then it would be wrong but it should be allowed

But the State doing that would be a major problem and shouldn't be allowed

The State has an obligation to help the citizens of the nation and discriminating against certain citizens would break this obligation

There should definitely be discrimination on immigration based on ethnicity.
Whether it is not somebody's fault they were born a certain way or not does not matter. What matters is the nations safety and wellbeing. The more difference there is between people and other ethnicities, the less integrated and united people are. Everybody has imbued within them a certain familiarity with people and the less familiar they are with someone, the less they have in common

Simple as

Simple as