At the base of most of the ongoing political debates currently raging in the United Sates there are always, it seems, deeper questions, more philosophical and more historical contexts that need to be examined—what I would call “legacy issues.”
Oftentimes assumptions are made or are disseminated by many self-proclaimed defenders of our traditions—by those “conservative apologists”—that bear little relationship to historical reality, and, in fact, fatally weaken or blur our understanding of it.
Many of these assumptions relate specifically to the conscious creation by the present (neo) conservative movement of a utilizable past that both justifies their present practice and fends off criticism from the hard Left that somehow, because they claim to be “conservative” and presumably defenders of the Constitution and inherited traditions of the country, they partake in forms of “racism,” as well as sexism, homophobia, and white supremacy.
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A problem with race though is you end up with different results from each group. And the laggards assume discrimination.
ReplyDeleteIt's a recipe for conflict.
Latinos and blacks who think they aren't racist also believe there is incredible racism against them in the US system.
The result is white workers, the white middle class, are discriminated against. The owners and managers of capital don't mind; they just want profit.
East Asians and Jews thrive per capita and commit few crimes. So, if whites were truly discriminating against others as in the past, then they would be expected to be hindered also.
Similarly, the police mayn't do their jobs, because the results aren't equal. It's a problem. No matter how unracist people become, those racial gaps aren't going to close.
they would be expected to be hindered also.
DeleteAbsolutely.