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Originally Posted by cmac2012
I don't see it as an issue of feeling guilty but as one of justice.
Affirmative action shouldn't go on forever and coming to some accurate idea of how long such programs ideally should be in place would be impossible. Of course some feel they shouldn't be used at all.
My feeling is that no one is served by having a sort of permanent underclass. Problems of crime and spreading slums likely result from that.
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Call it what you will but the point remains that YOU didn't do that minority any injustice. It wasn't YOU that enslaved my so and so. Therefore, how can you make any amends or anything else? If I stole your car, justice demands I not only make restitution but pay a deterrent. But if my grandfather destroyed your grandfather's car, why is it my business or responsibility to make it right?
Giving a benefit is easy. Taking it back, not so easy. But if you say the length cannot be determined, how can you know when to take it back? Assuming you could, that is. Further to that, now that the pendulum has swung the other way, it not only creates friction but it reinforces the simple fact that the minority cannot perform without a handicap.
I agree but how to fix that? Eons back, the minimum education was nothing. Today, it is much harder even to get a job without a college degree. As the bar gets raised, there will always be an underclass. Even if everyone had a college degree, you will still have an underclass since the degree holders will now be it. To be in middle class, you now must have a PhD. To be in the upper class you must have 3 PhDs and so on.