Originally posted by Kokopellian: It always bothers me when someone says "I didn't own slaves" "I don't segregate" "I'm not racist" "I didn't do this, I wasn't a part of that, I never did this....." etc. It's not about what you did or didn't do, it's about what you're doing to make it better.
That bothers you? Why don't you celebrate the fact the we've got a generation of white folks that don't own slaves, that don't want segregation, and that don't want to be racist? Well if that's not good enough for you, what do you want? Reparations? Affirmative action?
Originally posted by Kokopellian: I don't believe in reparations in the least, and I think that Affirmative Action is a nesscessity, but it's also a double-edged sword at the same time.
Yeah, I'd say that white people weren't doing enough, so long as I got an advantage when applying for a job. The fact about the double-edged is that the moment you claim that white people are doing enough, you have no further right to affirmative action.
