Thanks. I will look. Right now I need to go though. A question before I do though. Girls' schools are seen as a good thing, likewise Catholic schools, Jewish schools and Native American schools. Black schools such as Morehouse, which has a really good reputation, do exist.
So possibly the segregation of our cities is not a bad thing into black neighborhoods, Chinese neighborhoods, Hispanic neighborhoods etc is not a bad thing and it helps society preserve and value cultures rather than homogenize them into a big Starbucks-frequenting glop. Except: it reinforces stereotypes where they exist. It makes it easier to think of certain types of people as not quite like us and therefore maybe ok to avoid, refuse to hire or even beat up. Seems irreconcilable... By the way I am aware that not all discrimination is based on race. I know it very well :) I agree with 1 2 and 4 below. I have to think about three. I don't think it should be abolished but maybe it would be fairer to modify it? Dana On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:56:45 -0500, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dana, > > I do think racism and discrimination is real. > I do not think that all discrimination, however, is based on race. > I do not think that Affirmative Action should be dismantled, yet. > I do not think that Affirmative Action is actually fixing anything. It is a > stop-gap. It is more like a tourniquet. Useful but dangerous if used too long. > > The very facts that Gel cites (as soon as AA is removed in CA, things fall > apart) proves that we aren't dealing with the underlying problems. > > Like you, though, I am much more informed today than I was yesterday. And > Monday will be a whole nother level, I think. > > Here is an article I enjoyed reading: > http://www.brookings.org/dybdocroot/gs/Projects/Race/AFAM_Pred_chapters.htm > > Its not all rosy and light. But it is better than it ever has been. > > > Jerry Johnson > Web Developer > Dolan Media Company > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145171 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
