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Quote by: Fangrim  1) Racism is essentially omnipresent. |
Mostly because it's constantly shoved in everyone's faces. The second anything bad happens to a black person, they toss out the race card. You can't even look sideways at some people without them assuming you're racist. What's happening today is something that would make MLK spin in his grave.
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What we can do is limit discrimination through policy/media/etc that affects society and how it works.
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You don't limit discrimination by discriminating. If discrimination is wrong, it is wrong regardless of who does it. It sends a message that certain forms of discrimination are fine.
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We can't change very directly how people feel about each other, but we can change whether they are allowed to express these feelings into physical or legal means.
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And it is already illegal to discriminate on the basis of race. Problem solved. Unfortunately, under AA, certain forms of discrimination are legal and certain forms are not. That's patently unfair.
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2) This is stupid, but sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. The most effective way that the government can combat something is through passing laws and changing policies, not twiddlings its thumbs and hoping something happens. Aff. Action lets the government do something to combat (past or present) discrimination and ethnic barriers, and not just sit there.
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But it doesn't, it just makes racism worse. It makes blacks feel that they are incapable of getting the job without having a quota. It makes whites mad at blacks. All it does is HARM equality, it certainly doesn't make anyone more equal.