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Thread #124239   Message #2845028
Posted By: Paul Burke
20-Feb-10 - 10:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: History of US radical religious right
Subject: RE: BS: History of US radical religious right
"Affirmative Action, which is government sponsored racism. "

People are where they are because of history. It doesn't seem unreasonable to give certain advantages to people whose ancestors were deliberately denied the right to make choices which could improve the prospects of their offspring.

There is an alternative, of course: abolish hereditary privilege. But in my experience, the people against action to atone for the past are also the strongest defenders of that privilege.