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I think in the case of racism, we succeeded in creating a lot of the changes that were needed but then we went overboard and can't seem to find our way back to the equilibrium because the conversation itself has become so skewed that actual debate isn't possible.
I think racist employers could very well be shooting themselves in the foot and that the capital markets are all the enforcement we need on that issue. The problem is, the capital markets are just as vicious when we force an employer to take employees he doesn't want and will not use.
How does it show good things about a person if the the only reason they have accomplished anything is their race? Instead of allowing for free competition, we have created separate and unequal access to opportunity and want to pretend that this is something other than racist. It isn't. Assigning privileges to someone based solely on the color of their skin is racist, regardless of what race the beneficiary is. It makes no difference if this runs contrary to historical trends, it is still the same unfair set up with one person benefiting at the detriment of another.
People have a inalienable right to be stupid, ignorant and self-defeating. Forcing them to do otherwise violate their civil rights just as much as they would violate other people's.
I think the best think we can do at this point is remove the race bias as best we can and allow free competition. That way, there is no argument that the best person succeeded and did so because of their ability.
Re: Tiresome
I think in the case of racism, we succeeded in creating a lot of the changes that were needed but then we went overboard and can't seem to find our way back to the equilibrium because the conversation itself has become so skewed that actual debate isn't possible.
I think racist employers could very well be shooting themselves in the foot and that the capital markets are all the enforcement we need on that issue. The problem is, the capital markets are just as vicious when we force an employer to take employees he doesn't want and will not use.
How does it show good things about a person if the the only reason they have accomplished anything is their race? Instead of allowing for free competition, we have created separate and unequal access to opportunity and want to pretend that this is something other than racist. It isn't. Assigning privileges to someone based solely on the color of their skin is racist, regardless of what race the beneficiary is. It makes no difference if this runs contrary to historical trends, it is still the same unfair set up with one person benefiting at the detriment of another.
People have a inalienable right to be stupid, ignorant and self-defeating. Forcing them to do otherwise violate their civil rights just as much as they would violate other people's.
I think the best think we can do at this point is remove the race bias as best we can and allow free competition. That way, there is no argument that the best person succeeded and did so because of their ability.