01-22-2004, 04:38 PM
Hi,
Is there an historic "unequal state of affairs"? Yes, definitely.
Does "Society {have} an obligation to ensure that {it} does not continue indefinitely."? Yes, definitely.
Is the solution to reverse which group has the unfair advantage? Does such a policy lead to equality? I don't think so.
Unfair discrimination is wrong, no matter which side it favors. If the field is tilted one way, tilting it the other just replaces one injustice with its opposite. It is much more difficult to level that field. But that is the only just thing to do. And the only path which has any hope of leading to a society free of racism.
--Pete
Is there an historic "unequal state of affairs"? Yes, definitely.
Does "Society {have} an obligation to ensure that {it} does not continue indefinitely."? Yes, definitely.
Is the solution to reverse which group has the unfair advantage? Does such a policy lead to equality? I don't think so.
Unfair discrimination is wrong, no matter which side it favors. If the field is tilted one way, tilting it the other just replaces one injustice with its opposite. It is much more difficult to level that field. But that is the only just thing to do. And the only path which has any hope of leading to a society free of racism.
--Pete
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