24th January 2004, 6:40 AM
A Black Falcon Wrote:So because they suffered (and BTW blacks are quite different from hispanics in this regard given how they've been here a lot longer and are still near the bottom...) it's fine to make everyone else suffer too? So because in the past we never could cure cancer I guess we shouldn't allow chemotherapy because before people just had to tough it out.
Or not.
And as for equality... again... for some it required legislation -- otherwise I'm sure that some people would be fired for their religious beliefs (if it wasn't illegal to discriminate on religion)... or racists would on color...
The problem is that categorization isnt always realistic ,Blacks are not all disadvantaged nore are all Hispanics some make big income just as much as the white majority, I think labeling people is wrong, "This guy is black he must be poor and barely educated" I think people would be offended if they had that said to them.
I think the idea of equality is equal opportunity and thats the matter of being protected from racism.but I dont see why a poor black student should be given a leg up from a poor white student just because of his skin color alone.