Are the blacks ever going to give up the right to being selected over whites, now that they have the majority of votes in the country? Or is it just going to be a permanent bias?
I think we all know the answer to this in our heart of hearts. They will always claim that they need it to combat bias against them, and because they “deserve” it because their parents/grandparents/whatever were disadvantaged.
As time goes on, the whites will feel that they are being punished for things that their parents or grandparents did, and will grow bitter and racist against the blacks, who have legalized discrimination against them.
Is that really the proper path forward?
An immediate program is one thing. But we both know that it will be held as long as possible by those it advantages.
Are the blacks ever going to give up the right to being selected over whites, now that they have the majority of votes in the country? Or is it just going to be a permanent bias?
That is a potential failure mode, yes. People are aware of it. But one does not refuse to manufacture a car on the basis that it might, one day, hit a pedestrian.
It is not evil yet.
The current affirmative action policies are supposed to be temporary. If they are not, there is an additional line of defense against that failure mode; the policies state that the judicial services (for example) should ‘broadly reflect the demographics of the country’. That means that any group that gets unfairly discriminated against has a claim.
Are the blacks ever going to give up the right to being selected over whites, now that they have the majority of votes in the country? Or is it just going to be a permanent bias?
I think we all know the answer to this in our heart of hearts. They will always claim that they need it to combat bias against them, and because they “deserve” it because their parents/grandparents/whatever were disadvantaged.
As time goes on, the whites will feel that they are being punished for things that their parents or grandparents did, and will grow bitter and racist against the blacks, who have legalized discrimination against them.
Is that really the proper path forward?
An immediate program is one thing. But we both know that it will be held as long as possible by those it advantages.
That is a potential failure mode, yes. People are aware of it. But one does not refuse to manufacture a car on the basis that it might, one day, hit a pedestrian.
It is not evil yet.
The current affirmative action policies are supposed to be temporary. If they are not, there is an additional line of defense against that failure mode; the policies state that the judicial services (for example) should ‘broadly reflect the demographics of the country’. That means that any group that gets unfairly discriminated against has a claim.