01-23-2004, 04:18 PM
. . . or of opportunities.
Hi,
Discrimination is a question of attitudes. To eliminate discrimination, the concept of equality must become embedded in the culture. Must become a fundamental part of each individual's attitude. As long as there is no equality, regardless of which way the preference is given, there will be discrimination which leads to envy which leads to hate. Forty three years ago I moved to Atlanta where I heard all the reasons why segregation should continue. Now I live in Seattle, and I hear exactly the same reason why there should be affirmative action.
Your "dynamic view" has led us full circle from "blacks should be kept separate because they are inferior" to "blacks should be given special consideration because they are inferior". I reject both statements because they are both based on an invalid premise. At any individual endeavor, some people are inferior. some superior. That is a trait of individuals, not of races.
As long as the pendulum is kept in motion by individuals more interested in the advancement of their agenda than the good of the people they claim to represent, so long will it keep oscillating between one bad extreme and the other. Only when the pendulum is allowed to come to a stop will the moderate middle have a chance to endure.
Equal opportunity, equal consideration, equal treatment. Eliminate the consciousness of irrelevant differences by eliminating the effects of those differences, not by emphasizing them.
Divisive policies will never, IMO, lead to a united society.
--Pete
Hi,
Discrimination is a question of attitudes. To eliminate discrimination, the concept of equality must become embedded in the culture. Must become a fundamental part of each individual's attitude. As long as there is no equality, regardless of which way the preference is given, there will be discrimination which leads to envy which leads to hate. Forty three years ago I moved to Atlanta where I heard all the reasons why segregation should continue. Now I live in Seattle, and I hear exactly the same reason why there should be affirmative action.
Your "dynamic view" has led us full circle from "blacks should be kept separate because they are inferior" to "blacks should be given special consideration because they are inferior". I reject both statements because they are both based on an invalid premise. At any individual endeavor, some people are inferior. some superior. That is a trait of individuals, not of races.
As long as the pendulum is kept in motion by individuals more interested in the advancement of their agenda than the good of the people they claim to represent, so long will it keep oscillating between one bad extreme and the other. Only when the pendulum is allowed to come to a stop will the moderate middle have a chance to endure.
Equal opportunity, equal consideration, equal treatment. Eliminate the consciousness of irrelevant differences by eliminating the effects of those differences, not by emphasizing them.
Divisive policies will never, IMO, lead to a united society.
--Pete
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