| Final-Fan said: That would be due to affirmative action, though, not desegregation. Kasz said that specifically forced desegregation made racism a worse long term problem. By "affirmative action effect" I meant ... geez, I don't even know. Now that I think about it, affirmative action's blowback, as you put it, doesn't seem too comparable to desegregation. |
I think that forced desegregation and racism can go in hand - simply because some may view it as the government offering preferences to a race. IMO, the best thing that can happen is that the government honor the commitment to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all races - by giving them an equal deal, and seeing how the people groups go from there, using their God-given traits and abilities to make their lives great.
If anything, affirmative action is a kind of re-segregation, because the core competency of it is that it mandates that certain races - white, black, hispanic, asian, indian, ect, have a specific value to the system, and must be regulated and controlled when it comes to hirings and aid.
Personally, I think its abhorrent to place a value on someone based on skin and not merit, yet it happens. When you do that for years, you'll build up resentment in the same way that segregation sought to ensure preferential treatments.
Which brings up an interesting problem. When latinos/hispanics and minorities become the majority in America, what does affirmative action do? Does it seek to pander to the white caucasian purebloods left in America? After all, they'd be the minority. Or does it get retired, proving that AA was a program ment to uplift the minorities, and the minorities of that time period alone?
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
