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Originally Posted by Botnst
Not even truly colorblind. I don't think that is possible. Just so we get it hammered into bone-headed nincompoops that everybody should be treated equally and fairly, resulting in the minority believing that there is fair play. IMO we are not there yet in the perceptions or actions of either the majority or minority. We sure as heck have come a long way since I was a kid and I don't think we have all that far to go.
IMO it is worth the infliction of injustice on the majority at this time. But I do appreciate that the laws, intentionally unfair to the majority and intentionally prejudiced in favor of the minority, should be challenged at every opportunity. Challenges are winning an increasing proportion of the time. That's a good thing, I sure as heck don't want those damned laws institutionalized into our society, an outcome sought by old-left minority groups.
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Giving bennies is easy, taking it away will always be harder. If we live to 150, I'll bet that it will still be there. How many years has AA been there? when will it change attitudes? More importantly, how will it change attitudes when I am constantly wondering if that black guy was really competent and beat out the competition for the job or whether he was shoved in the back door. If there was a surgeon working on a really delicate operation on you, would you chance the black surgeon who may or may not have been sneaked in the back door or would you go with the white surgeon who has a much smaller chance of getting via the back door in the dead of night? I know I would choose the white guy. Now, you are going to have to wait till I die off before attitudes like that will change. However, in the meantime, you are still cultivating people with doubts in their mind.
Forget the injustice part for a while. Let me know this: How do I know that the minority actually got in via his own merrits? If you stop AA today, would I trust all minorities immediately? Not a chance. Anyone that went thru the system is immediately suspect. It will take another generation before I believe what I see on paper. How will you correct that? With another generation? And anoteher one after that?