So how can we fix it without discriminating on the basis of race?  That IS our goal, isn't it?  And if that is our goal, shouldn't we actually not discriminate on the basis of race?

If we want a color-blind society, shouldn't we actually be one?  Sure, there will be creeps who pass you on the street and call you "nigger" because they have some kind of mental problem.  But there are many fewer of those kind of people today than there were twenty years ago, and there will be fewer still twenty years from now.

But we're not going to achieve a society that doesn't discriminate on the basis of race by discriminating on the basis of race.

I realize that I may be describing the problem too simplistically.  I realize that we must find ways of countering the discrimination that exists.  I'm just saying that the way to stop discriminating is to stop discriminating in all matters.

by EveningStarNM on 07/02/2009 06:59:12 PM EST

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