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CreepySmile posted...

I mean if you want to justify it with "we don't pay them but another company does so unpaid internships are okay because they get paid but we don't pay them even though another company does pay them" sure go nuts

What he is saying is that unpaid internships inherently favor the more affluent because they can afford to not work for the summer. His organization does not does not accept unpaid internships because of that. However because there is a limited amount of public funds dedicated to sponsoring these students, there are very few internship opportunities. Furthermore, the act of securing these funds for the internship often are easier for more well-connected and affluent people. So the end result is that there are fewer opportunities and those few opportunities are going to affluent people. If they allowed unpaid internships there would be more opportunity for more students.

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