badgenome on 26 June 2013
| Osc89 said: Why does the US give so many legal powers to the states? Surely the US would want to drag some of the more racist states into this century by stopping this type of discrimination, which is easier if you make them all do it at once. |
Why should states that have had some rather shameful episodes in their history (and frankly, which states don't?) suffer being treated as pariahs forever based on outdated data? Surely the Supreme Court would want to drag the federal government into this century by stopping this type of discrimination.
Who is to say which state is more racist? Why is Texas or South Carlolina racist forever because of laws that were eradicated half a century ago while New York City maintains a sterling reputation as an enlighted liberal bastion despite its horrendously racist stop and frisk policies and its warrantless wiretapping of mosques... in New Jersey?
