Originally Posted by
Pembroke_Corgi
This thread has been very informative. Evidently, all racism and sexism (let's just say all "isms") have been completely eradicated in the last 50 odd years. And if you suggest otherwise, by jove, well then you are racist or sexist yourself!
Somebody should notify the ACLU and let them know that they are antiquated.
Oh come now. No one in this country is going to say ALL racism and sexism has been eradicated. However, I would venture to say that just about everyone in this country is going to say that there is MUCH less racism and sexism than there was 50 years ago. Just because something isn't perfect doesn't mean it's not improved.
Remember the old adage, "Two wrongs don't make a right."? THAT is the point almost everyone is trying to make in this thread. ALL prejudice is wrong, whether it is directed towards blacks, whites, males, or females. You cannot fix a past issue by going 180 degrees in the opposite, but equally wrong, direction. ANYthing based solely on sex or race is WRONG. If people want further decreases in the level of racism and sexism in this country, then people need to stop making scholarships, jobs, clubs, etc. all ABOUT race and gender.
And, yes, I DO think affirmative action is antiquated. Absolutely. It is an idea whose time has come and gone.
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