Originally Posted by
METO Guido
That 'sounds' good. It's just hard to accept that great society programs, affirmative action legislation and NAACP like revenue generators, by themselves, are root causes of ghetto culture's hold on urban America and why eliminating them might fix what's gone wrong. I lived in the 60's, became an adult in the 70's. It upsets me to go back and think about it. If you don't believe racist sentiment didn't exist or play a significant part restricting opportunities or erecting glass barriers, that's not accurate.
When we meet, of course I notice your race. Also going to notice what you choose to say and how that's expressed. Your non-verbal expressions and eye contact. What you wear, how young, how well you listen or take an interest in others. What needs to change is what we expect of diverse individuals BECAUSE of our race, and theirs. If, you are black, I will be looking for you to fall into certain stereotypical patterns of belief, opinion and behavior on that basis alone. The more often it fits, in my mind, the more divergent we become. I value your life. Who am I to hold you down? Can't better it much, if any, for you. Been a struggle just dealing with mine.
One of the quotes that stuck out from a speech was that the civil rights movement has become the civil rights business. The NAACP falls into this category today. They tried to ban charter schools because the teachers unions, who have a well funded lobby, were against them. There is a certain political party that claims to represent the interest of the black community that has done the same, and for the same reasons. The very organization that claims to be for the advancement of colored people wanted to deny school choice to their own people, because to allow it was just bad business.